This Is the Beat Generation
Author | : James Campbell |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2001-11-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 0520230337 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780520230330 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Download or read book This Is the Beat Generation written by James Campbell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-11-19 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New York in 1944, Campbell finds the leading members of what was to become the Beat Generation in the shadows of madness and criminality. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs had each seen the insides of a mental hospital and a prison by the age of 30. This book charts the transformation of these experiences into literature, and a literary movement that spread across the globe. 35 photos.