The Portable Beat Reader (Penguin Classics)
The Portable Beat Readeris an excellent and thorough study of the Beat Generation, compiled and edited by Ann Charters, biographer ofJack Kerouacand one of our most notable experts on Beat literature and ideas. This lively work of scholarship goes deeply into the history of the Beat movement, investigating events such as the discovery (by writerWilliam Burroughs) of the wordbeatto describe this literary generation. The reader includes essays on all the major prose and poetry writers, such asAllen Ginsberg, and offers rare insight into the literary-historical context of the movement.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.