The Beat Collection - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1852272643 ISBN 13: 9781852272647

Casa editrice: Virgin Pub, 2005

Riassunto

By dividing the Beat Collection into three sections: The Original Beats – New York 1944-53; The San Francisco Scene 1954-57 and The Second Wave – New York 1958-60, New York Times bestselling author and Beat expert Barry Miles pulls together writings from, among others, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, John Clellon Holmes, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Philip Lamantia, Frank O'Hara, Diane DiPrima and Alexander Trocchi to create a fascinating compendium that epitomizes the Beat vibe.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Barry Miles is the critically acclaimed author of biographies of Bukowski, Ginsberg, Kerouac and Burroughs and of The Beat Hotel. He also wrote Hippie and the authorised biography of Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now. He lives in London, UK and France.

Dalla quarta di copertina

Beat Generation - members of the generation that came to maturity in the 1950s, whose rejection of the social and political systems of the West was expressed through contempt for regular work, possessions, traditional dress, and espousal of anarchism, communal living, drugs, etc.
'We are all trying to get the exact style of ourselves' Michael McClure on the San Francisco Renaissance.
The Only thing that you can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does' Allen Ginsberg

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The Beats. a title that Jack Kerouac coined to define the exhausted exaltation of a generation, produced a body of works infected with a new energy. Their spontaneous, often-unedited style epitomised their own era and their famed close-knit literary community continues to inspire writers today.
Barry Miles, friend and biographerof Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, was there , part of the Beat Vibe. here he gathers together some of the most influential as well as the most overlooked writers of the era. He covers the writings from The Original Beats (New York 1944-53): The San Francisco Scene (1954-57) and The Second Wave (New York 1958-60) including works from Gregory Corso, John Clellon Holmes, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Frank O'Hara, Diane di Prima and Alexander Trocchi to the king of the Beats Himself, Jack Kerouac.
The result is a fascinating compendium that recaptures the unique but varied voices of the Beat generation..

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Virgin Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1852272643
• ISBN 13: 9781852272647
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 359
• Redattore: Miles Barry
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile