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8dciZcih Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction  . The Beat Scene  . Dionysus Descends: The Shape of Energy  . “The Too Huge World”: Visions of Form  . Fabulous Artifice  . Beatitude and Sacrifice  . Orality: “Mad to Talk”  . The Field of Action  . Bop Prosody  . Beyond Beat  . Liberation Visions  Notes  Works Cited  Index  ...

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