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What does the ‘Beat’ in ‘Beatles’ really mean? Why did Bob Dylan want to visit Jack Kerouac’s grave with Allen Ginsberg? How does reading Gary Snyder help us understand the lyrics of Jim Morrison? This book provides the answers.

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In a series of articulate essys Coupe stretches out his ideas and linkages, investigating who inspired who, casting Alan Watts in a central role alongside the omnipotent William Blake. Some of Coupe's theories are contentious but from this uniquely English perspective they are absolutely thought provoking. -- .

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Introduction
1. ‘This is IT’: Alan Watts and the visionary tradition
2. ‘Go moan for man’: Jack Kerouac and the beatific vision
3. ‘Vision music’: Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
4. ‘Within you … without you’: the Beatles and Allen Ginsberg
5. ‘Eco-Zen’, or ‘a heaven in a wild flower’: from Gary Snyder to Nick Drake
Postscript

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 1/4/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719071133, 978-0719071133
      ISBN10: 0719071135

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What does the ‘Beat’ in ‘Beatles’ really mean? Why did Bob Dylan want to visit Jack Kerouac’s grave with Allen Ginsberg? How does reading Gary Snyder help us understand the lyrics of Jim Morrison? This book provides the answers.

      Trade Review
      In a series of articulate essys Coupe stretches out his ideas and linkages, investigating who inspired who, casting Alan Watts in a central role alongside the omnipotent William Blake. Some of Coupe's theories are contentious but from this uniquely English perspective they are absolutely thought provoking. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. ‘This is IT’: Alan Watts and the visionary tradition
      2. ‘Go moan for man’: Jack Kerouac and the beatific vision
      3. ‘Vision music’: Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
      4. ‘Within you … without you’: the Beatles and Allen Ginsberg
      5. ‘Eco-Zen’, or ‘a heaven in a wild flower’: from Gary Snyder to Nick Drake
      Postscript

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