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The Beat Generation FAQ: All That´s Left to Know About the Angelheaded Hipsters
Rich Weidman
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Paperback. Everything there is to know about the authors who became known as The Beat Generation, their cutting edge works and their legacy. Num Pages: 400 pages, black and white photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
The Beat Generation FAQ is an informative and entertaining look at the enigmatic authors and cutting-edge works that shaped this fascinating cultural and literary movement. Disillusioned with the repression and conformity encompassing post-World War II life in the United States, the Beat writers sought creative alternatives to the mind-numbing banality of modern culture. Beat Generation writers were no strangers to controversy: Both Allen Ginsberg's prophetic, William Blakean-style poem Howl (1956) and William S. Burroughs' groundbreaking novel Naked Lunch (1959) led to obscenity trials, while Jack Kerouac's highly influential novel On the Road (1957) was blamed ... Read more
The Beat Generation FAQ is an informative and entertaining look at the enigmatic authors and cutting-edge works that shaped this fascinating cultural and literary movement. Disillusioned with the repression and conformity encompassing post-World War II life in the United States, the Beat writers sought creative alternatives to the mind-numbing banality of modern culture. Beat Generation writers were no strangers to controversy: Both Allen Ginsberg's prophetic, William Blakean-style poem Howl (1956) and William S. Burroughs' groundbreaking novel Naked Lunch (1959) led to obscenity trials, while Jack Kerouac's highly influential novel On the Road (1957) was blamed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Milwaukee, United States
ISBN
9781617136016
SKU
V9781617136016
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About Rich Weidman
RICH WEIDMAN (Ocoee, FL) is a writer and editor. His work includes The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock and several regional travel guides. He serves as the editor of two pop culture and movie-related websites: Alternative Reel and Forgotten Movie Classics.
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