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The Beats Abroad
Bill Morgan
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Description for The Beats Abroad
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, 30 B&W photos, maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 114. .
The Beat Generation is one of the great homegrown countercultures of the United States, but in fact its writers traveled widely and most of them lived abroad for periods of time. Their travels were a vital source of inspiration, and in turn they inspired literary scenes and kindred spirits around the globe. The writers we think of as beat first met in New York City in the 1940s and 50s, then joined up with others in San Francisco to form the group that became the Beat Generation. By the 1960s their books had become seminal ... Read more
The Beat Generation is one of the great homegrown countercultures of the United States, but in fact its writers traveled widely and most of them lived abroad for periods of time. Their travels were a vital source of inspiration, and in turn they inspired literary scenes and kindred spirits around the globe. The writers we think of as beat first met in New York City in the 1940s and 50s, then joined up with others in San Francisco to form the group that became the Beat Generation. By the 1960s their books had become seminal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Number of pages
262
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
326g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Monroe, OR, United States
ISBN
9780872866898
SKU
V9780872866898
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About Bill Morgan
Bill Morgan is a painter and archival consultant working in New York City. He is the author of numerous books about Beat Generation history and its writers, most recently Peter Orlovsky: A Life in Words, and The Typewriter is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation. He has edited collections of writing and correspondence of many of the ... Read more
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