Adapting the Beat Poets - Burroughs, Ginsberg, and Kerouac on Screen

Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Prince is associate professor of American literature and culture at the University of Agder in Kristriansand, Norway. He is the author of Myth Making Man: Myths of Human Evolution in the Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick, Doris Lessing and Octavia Butler (2010). Klappentext William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac were three of the most significant figures of the Beat Generation, whose writings have been adapted and appropriated for graphic novels, feature-length films, and other media. Adapting the Beat Poets looks at film versions of their writings-including Naked Lunch, Howl, and On the Road-and examines how these interpretations are linked to each other and how beat literature, which historically and artistically stakes itself on authenticity, can be significantly altered by such adaptations.

About the author

Michael J. Prince is associate professor of American literature and culture at the University of Agder in Kristriansand, Norway. He is the author of Myth Making Man: Myths of Human Evolution in the Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick, Doris Lessing and Octavia Butler (2010).

Product details

• Authors: Prince, Michael J. Prince, Prince Michael J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781442273245
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7324-5
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Film and History; Film and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; USA, English, 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form