Maynard john arthur (202 résultats)

Hardback. Etat : Fair. A most remarkable book . . . a wonderful account of an odd and unlikely place where for a brief time a small number of people pursued a romantic vision of what a life dedicated to art should be like . . . a superb story. William O'Neill, author of American High: The Years of Confidence, 1945-1960The beatnik was born in Venice, California, in the 1950s. An imaginary figure in many respects the invention of both the media and the people who played the beatnik role the character quickly assumed nearly mythic proportions for the American public. Coffeehouses, beards, poetry, drugs, and free-wheeling sexuality were all associated with the beatnik, the quintessential rebel who, by rejecting material values, represented both a threat and an alluring alternative to the dominant middle-class culture. In this fascinating book, John Arthur Maynard tells the story of the poets and promoters who invented the Beat Generation and who, in many cases, destroyed themselves in the process. In this look at the least remembered (but in its time, most publicized) beat enclave, Maynard focuses on two of Venice's most newsworthy residents Lawrence Lipton and Stuart Z. Perkoff. Lipton began as a writer of popular detective stories and screenplays, but was determined to be recognized as a poet and social critic. He eventually published The Holy Barbarians, which helped to create the enduring public image of the beatnik. Stuart Perkoff was a more gifted poet; with fascination and horror, we follow his failed attempts to support his family, his heroin addiction, his first wive's courage and mental fragility, his sexual entanglements, his imprisonment, and the development of his own writing. Other characters who move in and out of the story are Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, as well as lesser-known poets, artists, hangers-on, and the many women who were rarely treated as full members of the community. For most of the 1950s, the Venice beatniks were able to live and work in isolation. Once the media decided that beats made good copy, however, their peace was shattered. Reporters, drug dealers, violent criminals, and would-be beatniks invaded Venice in such force that many square residents began an unrelenting campaign to purge their community of bohemianism. This campaign persisted long after the beats, who tended to ignore politics, had yielded the stage to a new generation of political activists. In this collective biography, based largely on unpublished sources, Maynard tells us how these events affected public perceptions and the beats' own perceptions of themselves.…

Etat : Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Excellent condition, dust jacket included when applicable, no markings in text.

Hardback. Etat : Fair. A most remarkable book . . . a wonderful account of an odd and unlikely place where for a brief time a small number of people pursued a romantic vision of what a life dedicated to art should be like . . . a superb story. William O'Neill, author of American High: The Years of Confidence, 1945-1960The beatnik was born in Venice, California, in the 1950s. An imaginary figure in many respects the invention of both the media and the people who played the beatnik role the character quickly assumed nearly mythic proportions for the American public. Coffeehouses, beards, poetry, drugs, and free-wheeling sexuality were all associated with the beatnik, the quintessential rebel who, by rejecting material values, represented both a threat and an alluring alternative to the dominant middle-class culture. In this fascinating book, John Arthur Maynard tells the story of the poets and promoters who invented the Beat Generation and who, in many cases, destroyed themselves in the process. In this look at the least remembered (but in its time, most publicized) beat enclave, Maynard focuses on two of Venice's most newsworthy residents Lawrence Lipton and Stuart Z. Perkoff. Lipton began as a writer of popular detective stories and screenplays, but was determined to be recognized as a poet and social critic. He eventually published The Holy Barbarians, which helped to create the enduring public image of the beatnik. Stuart Perkoff was a more gifted poet; with fascination and horror, we follow his failed attempts to support his family, his heroin addiction, his first wive's courage and mental fragility, his sexual entanglements, his imprisonment, and the development of his own writing. Other characters who move in and out of the story are Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, as well as lesser-known poets, artists, hangers-on, and the many women who were rarely treated as full members of the community. For most of the 1950s, the Venice beatniks were able to live and work in isolation. Once the media decided that beats made good copy, however, their peace was shattered. Reporters, drug dealers, violent criminals, and would-be beatniks invaded Venice in such force that many square residents began an unrelenting campaign to purge their community of bohemianism. This campaign persisted long after the beats, who tended to ignore politics, had yielded the stage to a new generation of political activists. In this collective biography, based largely on unpublished sources, Maynard tells us how these events affected public perceptions and the beats' own perceptions of themselves.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Pages crisp and clean except for a prior owner's book plate at the front endpaper and a corner fold on page 195; binding square and secure, hard cover rubbed at head and heel edges and frayed in one spot on the spine head, otherwise clean and sound. Jacket has some short, open tearing at corners and spine ends and additional wear around the edges as well as some toning at the spine, but remains overall attractive, now protected in a clear sleeve. 253pp. w/index.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Book has light bumping to edges of spine, a sticker to front endpage from previous owner, and light rubbing to corners of cover; dust jacket has light rubbing to edges of spine and cover and modest rubbing to cover. otherwise book is in very good condition with a bright cover, clean pages, a solid binding, and now mylar laminated.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Light edge wear. A nice, solid copy. ; 6 X 1.1 X 9 inches; 242 pages.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. ISBN:1882933192, Hardback, 1st edition, Near Fine in a Very Good Plus DJ; small trace of soiling to light beige cloth covered boards, light wear to DJ and DJ edges, some vertical creasing to DJ flaps, no names or internal markings, illustrated in color, book celebrates 100 years of Bakersfield history, 4to., 134 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 134 pages with Bibliography and Index. Illustrations. xv, 134 pages. Illustrations.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. ISBN:1882933192, Hardback, 1st edition, Fine in a Near Fine DJ; trace of light wear to DJ and DJ edges, faint vertical crease line to back DJ flap, no names or internal markings, an unread (new) book, illustrated in color, book celebrates 100 years of Bakersfield history, 4to., 134 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.…

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 10.00x7.00x0.27 inches. In Stock.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Etat : New. Brand New.

Shallow indentation in page edges; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Ex-library, otherwise good (no markings to clean text) in dust jacket. 242pp. ISBN 0813516536.

Etat : New.

Etat : New. In English.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reissue edition. 260 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Etat : New. 1993. Reissue. paperback. . . . . .

Couverture rigide. Etat : Bon. third impression, 194 p. ex-library book (bookplate, loan sheet, card pocket). Publisher's binding a bit wor, Scotch tape's marks on rear pastedown.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : gut. 24 cm, Bibliotheksexemplar, Einband fleckig, Rückseite geknickt. Sprache: Englisch.

Etat : New. 1993. Reissue. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Softcover. x, 476 pp. Softcover. LCC: 6710853 Good condition; touches of wear on edges of covers and of spine; previous owner's name on front cover; on rear cover: light yellowing, and a phrase of pen underlining; inside covers and all pages are lightly yellowed.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Uncorrected proof. 231pp. Pictorial yellow wrappers. Small stains on wraps, tiny ink marking on spine, author's name and publication date faintly inked on bottom edge, very good. Publisher's promotional material laid in.

Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick 1991. xi, 242 pp. Paperback. Good condition.