The Dream and the Dystopia: Bathetic Humor, the Beats, and Walt Whitman's Idealism
Among the many influences on the Beats, none looms larger than Walt Whitman from whom they adopted an idealistic vision of democratic equality, potent artistic honesty, and forthright sexual expression. In the greedy, conformist, paranoid America of the 1950s, however, the actualization of such a vi...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Amerikastudien / American Studies. - Universitätsverlag WINTER, 1997. - 58(2013), 3, Seite 389-407 |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Amerikastudien / American Studies |
| Schlagworte: | Social sciences Arts Philosophy Behavioral sciences Economics Political science |
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