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The Lives and Literature of the Beat Generation
John Tytell
ISBN: 9781566636834
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Ivan R Dee, Inc
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Talks about a phase in American literary history. This book provides commentaries on the works of Burroughs, Kerouac, and Ginsberg.
Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs_their emergence in the late 1950s as the leading figures of the Beat movement marked one of the most spectacular developments in post-World War II American literature. John Tytell's classic study examines their attempt to redefine a complacent society's notion of sanity and normalcy and to reinvent their own lives through jazz, drugs, and law-breaking, acts that ultimately led to new forms of expression. A fascinating blend of literary and social criticism, history, and biography, Naked Angels is an indispensable introduction to the lives and work of these seminal figures, and an unsurpassed look at the powerful influence they had on the 1960s and beyond.
| ISBN | 1566636833 | | Pages | 288 | | ISBN13 | 9781566636834
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Ivan R Dee, Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 360 | | Imprint | Ivan R Dee, Inc | | Published in | Chicago | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 19 Jan 2006 | | Width (mm) | 141 | | Library of Congress | PS228 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 813.5409 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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The definitive history of the 'beat generation.'--Leon Edel  Be the first to write a customer review
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