"Forest Beatniks" and "Urban Thoreaus"

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"The Beat Movement, which first rose to attention in 1955, has often been viewed by critics as an urban phenomenon - the product of a postwar-youth culture with roots in the cities of New York and San Francisco. This study examines another side of the Beat Movement: its strong desire for a reconnection with nature. Although each took a different path in attaining this goal, the writers considered here - Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch, and Michael McClure - sought a new and closer connection to the natural world. These four writers, along with many of their counterparts in the Beat era, provided a crucial spark that helped to ignite the environmental movement of the 1970s and provided the foundation for the development of the current "Deep Ecology" worldview."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Kerouac, jack, 1922-1969,  Snyder, gary, 1930-,  Thoreau, henry david, 1817-1862,  American literature (collections), 20th century,  Nature in literature,  Beats (persons),  Beat generation,  Knowledge,  Wilderness areas in literature,  Influence,  History and criticism,  American literature,  Human ecology in literature,  Nature conservation in literature,  Ecology in literature,  Natural history,  Environmental protection in literature,  Knowledge--natural historykerouac, jack , 1922-1969,  Knowledge--natural historysnyder, gary , 1930-,  Knowledge--natural historymcclure, michael,  Influencethoreau, henry david , 1817-1862,  Knowledge--natural historywelch, lew,  American literature--history and criticism,  American literature--20th century--history and criticism,  Ps228.n39 p45 2000,  810.9/36,  Knowledge and learning