Research Catalog

Title

The hippie narrative : a literary perspective on the counterculture / Scott MacFarlane.

Author

MacFarlane, Scott, 1955-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007.

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Details

Description

viii, 255 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Focusing on the years from 1962 through 1976, this book takes a constructivist look at the "Hippie" era's key works of prose, which in turn may be viewed as the literary canon of the counterculture. It examines the ways in which these works with their tendency toward whimsy and true spontaneity are genuinely reflective of the period"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
• Bohemianism in literature
• Counterculture in literature
• Hippies in literature
• Nineteen seventies
• Nineteen sixties
• Postmodernism (Literature) > United States

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-245) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ginsberg, Kerouac and Burroughs : "the vectoring legacy of the beats" -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1962) : shock therapy, surreally -- Sometimes a great notion (1964) : a frontier duality -- Been down so long it looks like up to me and The crying of lot 49 (1966) : a chic cabal -- Trout fishing in America (1967) : it's all in the presentation -- Siddhartha (1922) : the spiritual quest -- Stranger in a strange land (1961) : the ecstasy of grokking -- The electric kool-aid acid test (1968) : intersubjectivity -- The armies of the night (1968) : meta-journalism, insta-history -- Slaughterhouse-five (1969) : so it goes -- Divine right's trip (1971) : the last whole earth -- Fear and loathing in Las Vegas (1971) : going "Gonzo" -- The fan man (1974) : missed bliss of the love chorus -- Another roadside attraction (1971) and Even cowgirls get the blues (1976) : a shining zeitgeist -- An essay on slouching, hippies, and hitchhiking -- Postmodernism reconstructed.

ISBN

• 9780786429158 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786429151 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006036391

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library