The birth of the beat generation : visionaries, rebels, and hipsters, 1944-1960
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York : Pantheon Books, 1995.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 387 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Status
Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
973.921 WAT
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973.921 WAT
1 available
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Published
New York : Pantheon Books, 1995.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Concisely told and full of fascinating detail, The Birth of the Beat Generation chronicles the life and times of the maverick poets and novelists William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac, as well as the San Francisco group, which included Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gary Snyder. It also evokes the figures surrounding them, including Neal Cassady, Gregory Corso, Herbert Huncke, and Peter Orlovsky. This is the first book to link the Beats to one another, explaining how they became a group and tracing the connections between Beat lives and such Beat literature as Kerouac's On the Road, Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems, and Burroughs' Naked Lunch. Accompanying the text are maps, more than one hundred photographs, two sociograms, quotations from Beat works and conversation, chronologies, and a vast lexicon of the slang that defines the nuances and complexities of the Beat world and mind.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Beats (Persons)
Burroughs, William S., -- 1914-1997 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Dissenters in literature.
Ginsberg, Allen, -- 1926-1997 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Kerouac, Jack, -- 1922-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation.
United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.
Beats (Persons)
Burroughs, William S., -- 1914-1997 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Dissenters in literature.
Ginsberg, Allen, -- 1926-1997 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Kerouac, Jack, -- 1922-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation.
United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Watson, S. (1995). The birth of the beat generation: visionaries, rebels, and hipsters, 1944-1960 (First edition.). Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Watson, Steven. 1995. The Birth of the Beat Generation: Visionaries, Rebels, and Hipsters, 1944-1960. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Watson, Steven. The Birth of the Beat Generation: Visionaries, Rebels, and Hipsters, 1944-1960 Pantheon Books, 1995.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Watson, Steven. The Birth of the Beat Generation: Visionaries, Rebels, and Hipsters, 1944-1960 First edition., Pantheon Books, 1995.
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