The Beat Generation FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the

The Beat Generation FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Angelheaded Hipsters

(FAQ). 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 by the establishment for corrupting the nation's youth and continues to this day to serve as a beacon of hipster culture and the bohemian lifestyle. The Beat writers shared a vision for a new type of literature, one that escaped the boundaries of academia and employed an organic use of language, inspired by the spontaneity and improvisational nature of jazz music and abstract expressionism (Kerouac coined this writing style "spontaneous prose"). In search of deeper meaning, Beat Generation writers experimented not only with language but also with spirituality, art, drugs, sexuality, and unconventional lifestyles. Although the movement as a whole flamed out quickly in the early 1960s, replaced by the onset of the hippie counterculture, the Beats made an indelible mark on the nation's consciousness and left a long-lasting influence on its art and culture. This book details the movement its works, creative forces, and its legacy.
Country USA
Brand Backbeat
Manufacturer Backbeat
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 127076
ReleaseDate 2015-09-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
UPCs 888680007706
EANs 9781617136016

Country	USA
Brand	Backbeat
Manufacturer	Backbeat
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	127076
ReleaseDate	2015-09-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
UPCs	888680007706
EANs	9781617136016

The Beat Generation FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Angelheaded Hipsters