Reviews for Drugs and the Beats: The Role of Drugs in the Lives and Writings of Kerouac, Burroughs and Ginsberg

The average rating for Drugs and the Beats: The Role of Drugs in the Lives and Writings of Kerouac, Burroughs and Ginsberg based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-01-04 00:00:00 Daniel Lemieux A systematic and somewhat plodding analysis. Facts are mostly accurate, but the treatment is prosaic with pretensions to being 'scientific'. Some good stuff on spontaneity (first thought, best thought, etc) in relation to the writers' drug use. But as a whole this work is unsophisticated; Long's theoretical engagements with drugs, addiction, etc, are rudimentary and passé. And reading this book it's as if there hadn't been any innovations/debates in literary theory since Kerouac, Burroughs and Ginsberg published their breakthrough works.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-04-01 00:00:00 Kelly Kennedy If you're unfamiliar with any of these authors you'll find everything you need to know by reading this book, including how they grew up, what drugs they took and how those drugs affected how they lived, what they wrote about and how they wrote. I guarantee you won't be disappointed!