Ecstasy of the beats : on the road to understanding /

Who were the beats? Not the sandle-clad "beatniks" of popular lore but dedicated writers, experimenters, skit improvisers, theorizers, hedonists, close friends, bisexual free lovers, shapers of the future. The beats hung out at Columbia university and cheap Times Square cafeterias, devouri...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Creighton, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn Group, 2007.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Beats (Persons) > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Beatniks > Biographies.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Authors, American
Beats (Persons)
Beatgeneration
Literatur
USA
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Who were the beats? Not the sandle-clad "beatniks" of popular lore but dedicated writers, experimenters, skit improvisers, theorizers, hedonists, close friends, bisexual free lovers, shapers of the future. The beats hung out at Columbia university and cheap Times Square cafeterias, devouring ideas. David Creighton shows how the world has taken up their message. In Ecstasy of the Beats he gives a fresh portrait of Carolyn Cassady, "Queen of the Beats," and of the four major Beat writers. Jack Kerouac's On the Road gave a pattern of adventure to restless youth, Allen Ginsberg donned a prophet's r
Physical Description:1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps, portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781554881499
1554881498
9781459720466
1459720466

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