Scriptures for a generation : what we were reading in the '60s

The Resource Scriptures for a generation : what we were reading in the '60s
Label
Scriptures for a generation : what we were reading in the '60s
Title remainder
what we were reading in the '60s
Statement of responsibility
Philip D. Beidler
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
At the heart of Scriptures for a Generation are dozens of detailed entries discussing individual writers and the particular importance of their texts - bona fide '60s classics ranging from The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five to Carlos Casteneda's The Teachings of Don Juan and the Boston Women's Health Book Collective's Our Bodies, Ourselves. Represented as well are such works of revered elders as Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf and Henry David Thoreau's Walden. Beidler's coverage also extends to works of the early '70s that are clearly textual and spiritual extensions of the '60s: the Portola Institute's Last Whole Earth Catalog, Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and others. An overview of reading and writing as both a product and prime mover of '60s culture precedes the main section. In his conclusion Beidler highlights the most notable efforts to document and interpret the era
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
016.8108/0054
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
  • Z2013.3
  • PS225
LC item number
.B45 1994
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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