· Steeped in the hopes, dreams and anxieties of the late s and early '70s, The Bad Trip tells the strange stories of some of the period's most compelling figures as they approached the end of an era and imagined new worlds ahead. Publisher: Icon 5/5(2). Steeped in the hopes, dreams and anxieties of the late s and early '70s, The Bad Trip tells the strange stories of some of the period's most compelling figures as they approached the end of an era and imagined new worlds ahead. James Riley is a Fellow of English Literature at Girton College, Cambridge, focusing on modern and contemporary literature, popular film and s www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins. Beneath the psychedelic utopianism of the sixties lay a dark seam of apocalyptic thinking that seemed to rupture into violence and despair by Literary and cultural historian James Riley descends into this underworld and traces the historical and conspiratorial threads connecting art, film, poetry, politics, murder and revolt/5(44).
The Bad Trip: Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties James Riley The Sixties, for many, was a time of new ideas, freedom, and renewed hope - from the civil rights movement to Woodstock. James Riley is author of The Bad Trip: Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties (Icon Books, ), a cultural history of the lates and early s. He is Fellow of English Literature at Girton College, University of Cambridge where he works on modern and contemporary literature. Beneath the psychedelic utopianism of the sixties lay a dark seam of apocalyptic thinking that seemed to rupture into violence and despair by Literary and cultural historian James Riley descends into this underworld and traces the historical and conspiratorial threads connecting art, film, poetry, politics, murder and revolt.
His book The Bad Trip, is a new cultural history of the lates, which looks at the dark side of the decade that gave us psychedelia, The Beatles and the Summer of Love. Q. James, what is your book The Bad Trip about? The Bad Trip: Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties is a cultural history of the lates and early s. The book pivots on the idea that there’s a clear difference between the popular idea of the ‘Sixties’ and the historical period of the s. James Riley is the author of The Bad Trip: Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties (Icon Books) Read More Donald Clarke: Get over Charles Manson and get over the s. Steeped in the hopes, dreams and anxieties of the late s and early '70s, The Bad Trip tells the strange stories of some of the period's most compelling figures as they approached the end of an era and imagined new worlds ahead. Publisher: Icon Books Ltd. ISBN: Number of pages:
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