Projective Verse: The Spiritual Legacy of the Beat Generation
Paul E. Nelson
Humanities October 22, 2018 DOI: 10.3390/h7040102 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Michael McClure's use of Projective Verse, rather than the better-known contributions of Ginsberg, Kerouac, or Snyder, will be recognized by future generations as the spiritual legacy of the Beat movement. |
Abstract
Allen Ginsberg’s poetry, poetics or cultural activism; Jack Kerouac’s prose, poetry and his method of composition; Gary Snyder’s environmental and Buddhist consciousness and bioregional ethos, or the opening made by the Beats for Eastern spirituality in the west are of intrinsic value and will be for generations, this paper seeks to posit that it is Michael McClure’s use of Projective Verse, that future generations of writers and readers will come to appreciate as that movement’s spiritual legacy.