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- The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats
- The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 San Francisco Renaissance: Kenneth Rexroth and Robert Duncan
- Chapter 2 Visionary Poiesis, Hidden Religions: Diane di Prima
- Chapter 3 In the Search for Meaning, in Reaching for the Pure Relation: Bob Kaufman
- Chapter 4 American Road, Buddha Path: Jack Kerouac
- Chapter 5 Cosmic Vibration Breakthrough: Allen Ginsberg
- Chapter 6 Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted: William S. Burroughs
- Chapter 7 An Astrologer Dabbling in Dragon Prose: Gregory Corso
- Chapter 8 Nothing but the Marvelous: Philip Lamantia
- Chapter 9 Exaltations, Highs, and Strange Knowledges: Philip Whalen
- Chapter 10 Mountains and Rivers Without End: Gary Snyder
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 4 - American Road, Buddha Path: Jack Kerouac
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 August 2017
- The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats
- The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 San Francisco Renaissance: Kenneth Rexroth and Robert Duncan
- Chapter 2 Visionary Poiesis, Hidden Religions: Diane di Prima
- Chapter 3 In the Search for Meaning, in Reaching for the Pure Relation: Bob Kaufman
- Chapter 4 American Road, Buddha Path: Jack Kerouac
- Chapter 5 Cosmic Vibration Breakthrough: Allen Ginsberg
- Chapter 6 Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted: William S. Burroughs
- Chapter 7 An Astrologer Dabbling in Dragon Prose: Gregory Corso
- Chapter 8 Nothing but the Marvelous: Philip Lamantia
- Chapter 9 Exaltations, Highs, and Strange Knowledges: Philip Whalen
- Chapter 10 Mountains and Rivers Without End: Gary Snyder
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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- The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats , pp. 65 - 84Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017