The Beat Generation
Subtitle: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
Publisher: Oneworld Publications; Oneworld
Published: September 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781851685424
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; History: World; USA; American - General; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Social History
Description: Discusses the Beat Generation, a group of poets, thinkers, and visionaries such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Gregory Corso, that formed after the political, economic, cultural, and ideological tensions in the U.S. after 1945.