This Is the Beat Generation

This Is the Beat Generation
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0520230337
ISBN-13 : 9780520230330
Rating : 4/5 (330 Downloads)

Book Synopsis This Is the Beat Generation by : James Campbell

Download or read book This Is the Beat Generation written by James Campbell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-11-19 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New York in 1944, Campbell finds the leading members of what was to become the Beat Generation in the shadows of madness and criminality. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs had each seen the insides of a mental hospital and a prison by the age of 30. This book charts the transformation of these experiences into literature, and a literary movement that spread across the globe. 35 photos.


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