The Paradox of Thanatos: Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; From Self-Destruction to Self-Liberation

More often associated with hedonism and cheap thrills than with notions of alienation and suffering, Beat literature...
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Author: Tanguy Harma
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Paradox of Thanatos: Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; From Self-Destruction to Self-Liberation by Harma, Tanguy

The Paradox of Thanatos: Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; From Self-Destruction to Self-Liberation

¥32,871

The Paradox of Thanatos: Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; From Self-Destruction to Self-Liberation

¥32,871
Author: Tanguy Harma
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

More often associated with hedonism and cheap thrills than with notions of alienation and suffering, Beat literature has rarely been envisaged from the perspective of the paradoxical dynamics at play in the writings. What this book evidences is that the sacrosanct quest for transcendence staged by Kerouac and by Ginsberg is underpinned, primarily, by a trope of nullification that acts as a menace for the self. This tropism for destruction and death is not only emblematic of their works, it is also used as a literary strategy that seeks to conquer the fear of self-annihilation through the writing itself. It is precisely this interplay-approached through an Existentialism that simultaneously converges upon the Transcendentalist legacy of Beat writing-which probes the paradoxical dimension of the texts, enabling the mythological figure of Thanatos to take centre stage.

The critical synergy of the book, brought about by relating American literature and culture to European thought, enables in-depth analyses of a selection of novels and poems, grasped through their aesthetic, ontological and historical dimensions. Shedding new light on the literary strategies of two widely misunderstood American writers of the twentieth century, this captivating study into the drives for self-destruction and self-liberation encapsulated by Kerouac and Ginsberg sets out to reinvent the well-worn definition of 'Beat' through its original approach-an essential critical piece for all those interested in the American counterculture.



Author: Tanguy Harma
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Published: 05/31/2022
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781433189074

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