The Beat Generation

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ISBN: 978-1-90304-785-9
extent: 96pp
binding: paperback
price £3.99
pub. date February 2002

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featuring:

Brion Gysin
William Burroughs
Jack Kerouac
Howl
The Subterraneans
Neal Cassady
Herbert Huncke
The Nova Trilogy
Gregory Corso
The Wild Boys
Allen Ginsberg
Doctor Sax
On The Road
Kaddish
Naked Lunch

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In Search of the Beats:

Were they angel-headed hipsters, dope smoking dropouts or the most exciting group of writers in postwar American literature? Their stories of drugs, sex and the search for an alternative to ‘squaresville’ have cornered the market in cult literature, remaining hip even while being taught on university courses and in schools. On the Road, Naked Lunch and Howl have become milestones of underground literature and the key Beats (Kerouac, Burroughs and Ginsberg) are mythic figures of contemporary pop culture.

This Pocket Essential provides an introductory essay examining the importance of the writers and their work in American culture. Separate chapters are devoted to the lives and work of Burroughs, Ginsberg and Kerouac. Later chapters discuss the other members of this movement (Neal Cassady, Herbert Huncke and many more), the Beats on film, and their influence on the counterculture of the 60s.

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