Diane di Prima

Diane di Prima
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 328
Release :
ISBN-13 : 9781501342929
ISBN-10 : 1501342924
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Diane di Prima by : David Stephen Calonne

Download or read book Diane di Prima written by David Stephen Calonne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions reveals how central di Prima was in the discovery, articulation and dissemination of the major themes of the Beat and hippie countercultures from the fifties to the present. Di Prima (1934--) was at the center of literary, artistic, and musical culture in New York City. She also was at the energetic fulcrum of the Beat movement and, with Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), edited The Floating Bear (1961-69), a central publication of the period to which William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, and Frank O'Hara contributed. Di Prima was also a pioneer in her challenges to conventional assumptions regarding love, sexuality, marriage, and the role of women. David Stephen Calonne charts the life work of di Prima through close readings of her poetry, prose, and autobiographical writings, exploring her thorough immersion in world spiritual traditions and how these studies informed both the form and content of her oeuvre. Di Prima's engagement in what she would call “the hidden religions” can be divided into several phases: her years at Swarthmore College and in New York; her move to San Francisco and immersion in Zen; her researches into the I Ching, Paracelsus, John Dee, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, alchemy, Tarot, and Kabbalah of the mid-sixties; and her later interest in Tibetan Buddhism. Diane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions is the first monograph devoted to a writer of genius whose prolific work is notable for its stylistic variety, wit and humor, struggle for social justice, and philosophical depth.


Diane di Prima Related Books

Diane di Prima
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: David Stephen Calonne
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-24 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Diane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions reveals how central di Prima was in the discovery, articulation and dissemination of the major themes
Conversations with Diane di Prima
Language: en
Pages: 171
Authors: David Stephen Calonne
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-23 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Diane di Prima (1934–2020) was one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century, and her career is distinguished by strong contributions to b
Zip Code
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Diane Di Prima
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Dinners & Nightmares
Language: en
Pages: 166
Authors: Diane Di Prima
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Last Gasp

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Last Gasp proud to bring back this early. Boat classic Diane di Prima has long been recognized as on of the strongest voice of her generation, and one of the fe
The Beat Book
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Anne Waldman
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-07-10 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Beat movement exploded into American culture in the early 1950s with the force of prophecy. Not just another literary school, it was an artistic and social