By Jamie Russell
Have been they angel-headed hipsters, dope smoking dropouts or the main interesting crew of writers in postwar American literature? Their tales of substances, intercourse and the hunt for an alternative choice to 'squaresville' have cornered the industry in cult literature, closing hip even whereas being taught on collage classes and in colleges. at the highway, bare Lunch and Howl became milestones of underground literature and the foremost Beats (Kerouac, Burroughs and Ginsberg) are mythic figures of latest popular culture. This Pocket crucial offers an introductory essay studying the significance of the writers and their paintings in American tradition. Separate chapters are dedicated to the lives and paintings of Burroughs, Ginsberg and Kerouac. Later chapters speak about the opposite individuals of this flow (Neal Cassady, Herbert Huncke and lots of more), the Beats on movie, and their impression at the counterculture of the 60s.
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