Naked Angels
Subtitle: The Lives and Literature of the Beat Generation
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Published: August 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781566636834
Subjects: American Literature (General); Literary History And Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American - General; Biography & Autobiography / General; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Literary; 20th century; American literature; Authors, American; Biography; Bohemianism; History and criticism; United States
First sentence: JACK KEROUAC, ALLEN GINSBERG, WILLIAM BURROUGHS, and a group of other writers, artists, and mavericks of inspiration like Neal Cassady, formed a "movement" which began near the end of the Second World War, found its voice during the fifties, and became especially influential in the sixties.