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The Beat Generation FAQ : all that's left to know about the angelheaded hipsters /
An Entertaining ride through The American literary movement that defined cool and inspired generations, 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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montclair, NJ :
Backbeat Books,
[2015]
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| Colección: | FAQ series (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (Firm))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Angelheaded Hipsters: Major Figures of the Beat Generation; 2. A Path to Paradise: Defining Characteristics of the Beat Generation; 3. Just the Froth Riding on a Wave: Beat Generation Influences; 4. Caught in a Square World: The Emergence of the Beat Generation; 5. Find Your Place: Legendary Beat Haunts; 6. A Point of No Return: The San Francisco Renaissance; 7. State of Revolt: The Legendary Six Gallery Reading; 8. Angels of the World's Desire: The Publication and Censorship of "Howl."
- 9. Under the Burden of Solitude: The Essential Works of Allen Ginsberg10. Fast, Mad, Confessional: The Genesis of On the Road; 11. Somewhere Along the Line: Jack Kerouac's "Duluoz Legend"; 12. Outside Any Social Contract: Naked Lunch and the Nightmare of Addiction; 13. Unlock My Word Horde: Language as a Virus in the Works of William Burroughs; 14. Swimming the River of Hardship: Women of the Beat Generation; 15. A Ghost in Daylight: The Beats on Drugs; 16. Every Face You See: The Rise of the Beatniks; 17. Only the Most Bitter: Notorious Beat Generation Critics
- 18. The Mad Ones: Other Key Figures in the Beat Generation19. Forlorn Rags of Growing Old: The Demise of the Beat Generation; 20. All Went Their Own Way: Beats vs. Hippies; 21. Safe in Heaven Dead: Final Beat Resting Places; 22. Visions of Eternal Freedom: Beat-Related Literary Magazines; 23. Don't Hide the Madness: Beat Live Performances and Recordings; 24. Sullen Rebels, Defiant Chicks: The Beat Generation on Film; 25. The Shadow Cast by Our Imaginations: Beat Generation Documentaries; 26. Strange Unexpected Acts: Artists Influenced by the Beat Generation
- 27. The Next Crazy Venture: Beat Tributes and Landmarks28. Nothing Behind Me: Eclectic Beat Generation Biographies and Autobiographies; 29. Even the Stars Will Fade Out: Whatever Happened To . . .; Each Stolen Moment: A Beat Generation Timeline; Selected Bibliography