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The Beat Book: Writings from the Beat Generation

by Waldman

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The Beat movement exploded into American culture in the early 1950s with the force of prophecy. Not just another literary school, it was an artistic and social revolution. William S. Burroughs proclaimed that the Beat writers were “real architects of change. There is no doubt that were living in a freer America as a result of the Beat literary movement, which is an important part of the larger picture of cultural and political change in this country during the last forty years, when a four-letter word couldnt appear on the printed page and minority rights were ridiculous.”

Anne Waldman, a renowned poet and longtime friend of many of these writers, has gathered in this volume a range of the best and most exemplary writings of the Beat poets and novelists. Selections from the Beat classics appear, as well as more recent prose and poetry demonstrating the continued vitality of the Beat experiment. Included are short biographies of the contributors, an extensive bibliography of Beat literature, and a unique guide to “Beat places” around the world—from Kerouacs hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, where his novel Dr. Sax takes place, to Tangier, where Burroughs wrote parts of Naked Lunch.

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The Beat Movement that emerged in the early 1950s was not just another literary genre, but a literary and social revolution. This wide-ranging anthology of the best of Beat literature includes biographies of the writers and a literary guide to "Beat places" around the world.

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Here is an unusually diverse collection of Beat voices, including not only Kerouac, Burroughs, and Ginsberg, but Amiri Baraka, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joanne Kyger, Michael McClure, Peter Orlovsky, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen. Also included are short biographies of the writers and a "Literary Guide to Beat Places" around the world.

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ISBN:

9781590304556

Author:

Waldman

Publisher:

Shambhala Publications

Foreword by:

Ginsberg, Allen

Foreword:

Ginsberg, Allen

Editor:

Waldman, Anne

Author:

Waldman, Anne

Author:

Ginsberg, Allen

Subject:

General

Subject:

American - General

Subject:

Anthologies (multiple authors)

Subject:

Beat generation

Subject:

American poetry

Subject:

American poetry -- 20th century.

Subject:

General Poetry

Subject:

Poetry -Anthologies

Copyright:

2007

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Publication Date:

20070731

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

400

Dimensions:

8.34x5.30x1.02 in. .98 lbs.

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Product details 400 pages Shambhala Publications - 2010-06-13 English 9781590304556 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Libri, The Beat Movement that emerged in the early 1950s was not just another literary genre, but a literary and social revolution. This wide-ranging anthology of the best of Beat literature includes biographies of the writers and a literary guide to "Beat places" around the world.

"Synopsis" by Random House, Here is an unusually diverse collection of Beat voices, including not only Kerouac, Burroughs, and Ginsberg, but Amiri Baraka, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joanne Kyger, Michael McClure, Peter Orlovsky, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen. Also included are short biographies of the writers and a "Literary Guide to Beat Places" around the world.