{"product_id":"hip-sublime-sheila-murnaghan-9780814254691","title":"Hip Sublime: Beat Writers and the Classical Tradition","description":"Despite their self-presentation as iconoclasts, the writers of the Beat Generation were deeply engaged with the classical tradition. Many of them were university-trained and highly conscious of their literary forebears, and they frequently incorporated their knowledge of Greco-Roman literature into their own subversive, experimental practice. Seeking to transcend the superficiality, commercialism, and precariousness of life in post-World War II America, the Beat writers found in their classical models both a venerable literary heritage and a discourse of sublimity through which to articulate their desire for purity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this volume, a diverse group of contributors explore for the first time the fascinating tensions and paradoxes that arose from interactions between these avant-garde writers and a literary tradition often seen as conservative and culturally hegemonic. With essays that cover the canonical Beat authors--such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs--along with less well-known figures--including Kenneth Rexroth, Ed Sanders, and Diane di Prima--\u003ci\u003eHip Sublime: Beat Writers and the Classical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e brings long overdue attention to the Beat movement's formative appropriation of the Greek and Latin classics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Murnaghan, Ralph M. Rosen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814254691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814254691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Sheila Murnaghan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913546498303,"sku":"9780814254691","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_122d526a-c071-4f6f-a321-8293147368f9.jpg?v=1680620975","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hip-sublime-sheila-murnaghan-9780814254691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}