Can I read Diane Di Prima : Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions on EtoBox?

Diane Di Prima : Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions by Calonne, David Stephen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Diane Di Prima : Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions about?

"Diane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions reveals how central di Prima was in the discovery, articulation and dissemination of the major themes of the Beat and hippie countercultures from the fifties to the present. Di Prima (1934--) was at the center of literary, artistic, and musical culture in New York City. She also was at the energetic fulcrum of the Beat movement and, with Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), edited The Floating Bear (1961-69), a central publication of the period to which William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, and Frank O'Hara contributed. Di Prima was also a pioneer in her challenges to conventional assumptions regarding love, sexuality, marriage, and the role of women. David Stephen Calonne charts the life work of di Prima through close readings of her poetry, prose, and autobiographical writings, exploring her thorough immersion in world spiritual traditions and how these studies informed both the form and content of her oeuvre. Di Prima's engagement in what she would call 'the hidden religions' can be divided into several phases: her years at Swarthmore College and in New York; her move to San Francisco and immersion i

Who reads Diane Di Prima : Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions?

Author

Calonne, David Stephen

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury Academic

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501366574

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Memoir, Biography