Scratching the Beat Surface: Essays on New Vision from Blake to Kerouac

This insider's view of the Beat scene of the fifties and early sixties vividly marks the advancement of a new perception of art as a living bio-alchemical organism through essays by a poet and playwright who helped shape the movement.

Author: Michael McClure
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 11/01/1994
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.73h x 5.08w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780140232523

About the Author
Michael McClure has published novels, interviews, essays, and plays. In recent years he has performed his poetry in collaboration with the Doors keyboardist, Ray Manzarek.