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'The Beat Generation'
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A small group of American writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, and the cultural phenomena that they wrote about and inspired - "beatniks"
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The Beat Writers -
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Rejected traditional form, seeking expression through "intense experiences and beatific illumination"
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Central elements of "Beat" culture
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Rejection of mainstream American values,
Experimentation with drugs, Alternate forms of sexuality & and interest in Eastern spirituality |
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Major works of Beat writing
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'Howl' Allen Ginsberg, 1956
'Naked Lunch' William S. Burroughs, 1959 'On the Road' Jack Kerouac, 1957 |
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Lesser ranking of Beat
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Neal Cassady
Gregory Nunzio Corso |
