The Spiritual Imagination of the BeatsWomen Writers of the Beat Era: Autobiography and IntertextualityWorld Beats: Beat Generation Writing and the Worlding of U.S. LiteratureKerouac: Language, Poetics, and Territory

Review essay of the four books listed above, each of which offers a revisionist account of the Beat Generation. The full details of the books are as follows: The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats. By Calonne, David Stephen. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press. 2017. viii, 236 pp. Cloth, $105.00; e-book, $84.00. Women Writers of the Beat Era: Autobiography and Intertextuality. By Carden, Mary Paniccia. Charlottesville: Univ. of Virginia Press. 2018. xvi, 227 pp. Cloth, $75.00; paper, $29.50; e-book, $75.00. World Beats: Beat Generation Writing and the Worlding of U.S. Literature. By Fazzino, Jimmy. Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Press. 2016. 258 pp. Paper, $40.00. Kerouac: Language, Poetics, and Territory. By Melehy, Hassan. New York: Bloomsbury. 2016. xiii, 255 pp. Cloth, $94.50; paper, $27.96; e-book, $19.77.