Postmodern Perusal

Breaking down the density of Postmodern lit, one tweet at a time. For more in-depth analysis have a scout about the blog!

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We'll have a look at how these influences are manifested in the poetry later in the week, but for now, it's back to child development for me

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There's even a brevity and tangential quality that we would normally associate with Modernists like William Carlos Williams.

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And we see some of these in Whitman-esque incantations and Thoreau's physicality and directness of meaning.

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Also amongst Beat Generation influences we can count the Romantic and Transcendental poets...

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Later, Ginsberg and Waldman opened the "Jack Kerouac School for disembodied Poetics" at Buddhist Naropa University in Colorado.

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...we should also note that some later joined Buddhist communities in the 1970s.

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Although, Buddhist scholars would be quick to point out that some of the teachings are misinterpreted...

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There's little research on the relationship between Buddhism and Beat Poetry but there is some.

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While we look at influences, let's go back to Buddhism for a second.

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Instead, some of the works incorporate a jazz-like beat in the metre, sometimes referenced as syncopation.

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So, the Beat Poets railed against the 'antiseptic' qualities of early 20th century Modernism.

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Grab a wee cup of coffee -Beat Poetry's back in 5 minutes!

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Now though, I have lunch to make and child development reading for uni to do! See you all tomorrow!

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So, the twitter feed is becoming less in-depth - but for those of you interested in a closer reading, the blog will be back!

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...after its publication Ginsberg's Howl is brought to trial on charges of 'obscenity'; a point we'll get round to when we get to the blog!

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Often associated with hallucinogenic drugs and Buddhism, Beat Poetry comes to the fore in 1956, when...

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Beat poetry began questioning mainstream politics/culture in 1940s NYC and came to flourish in 1950s San Francisco.

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Amongst the canon (although I doubt they would appreciate such a description)? Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kerouac and de Prima to name but a few!

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It's in the area where postmodernism begins to emerge from modernist craft/technique that we find the beat poets.

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As we know, postmodernism has no hard&fast rules, but in its simplest form, it's a reaction to the modernity & modernism that went before.