num_pages: 192
description: This insider's view of the Beat scene of the fifties and early sixties vividly marks the advancement of a new perception of art as "a living bio-alchemical organism" through essays by a poet and playwright who helped shape the movement.
language: English
title: Scratching the Beat Surface: Essays on New Vision from Blake to Kerouac
titlecomplete: Scratching the Beat Surface: Essays on New Vision from Blake to Kerouac
genres: Essays, Nonfiction, Poetry
ratings_count: 63
publisher: Penguin Books