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Gregory Corso's "Bomb": A response to nuclear anxiety
| Title: | Gregory Corso's "Bomb": A response to nuclear anxiety. |
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| Name(s): |
Serrano, Janet West. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Paton, Priscilla, Thesis advisor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1996 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 103 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | Gregory Corso is a core member of the Beat Generation which evolved in America during the 1950s to question the causes of a perceived decline in postwar spiritual values. The Beats criticized an America that permitted the atomic explosions over Japan, the McCarthy discourse, the Cold War, and the policies of mistrust and paranoia these events engendered. Corso addressed the issue of nuclear anxiety and its controlling effect on life in a 1958 poem titled "Bomb." This paper analyzes "Bomb," viewing it as a work informed by Corso's life and by his times. In "Bomb," one of the earliest examples of nuclear literature, Corso seeks to neutralize the power of nuclear anxiety by imagining a natural and spiritual survival of the atomic apocalypse. His message reflects the moral and prophetic role he prescribes for poetry in championing the forces of life over death. | |
| Identifier: | 15264 (digitool), FADT15264 (IID), fau:12035 (fedora) | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): |
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1996. |
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| Subject(s): |
Corso, Gregory--Criticism and interpretation Corso, Gregory--Bomb American poetry--20th century--History and criticism Nuclear warfare in literature Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism Atomic bomb in literature Antinuclear movement--Poetry Beat generation |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15264 | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
