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Books on: beat generation

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The Daybreak Boys: Essays on the Literature of the Beat Generation

Book by Gregory Stephenson; Southern Illinois University Press, 1990

Subjects:

American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Beat Generation, Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Essays on the Literature of the Beat Generation by Gregory Stephenson...essays on the literature of the beat generation / by Gregory Stephenson. p...History and criticism. 2. Beat generation. I. Title. PS228.B6S74 1990...
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American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation

Book by Jonah Raskin; University of California Press, 2004

Subjects:

Beat Generation, Ginsberg, Allen--1926---Knowledge--Psychology, Ginsberg, Allen--1926---Psychology, Literature And Mental Illness--United States--History--20th Century, Mental Illness In Literature, Poetry--Psychological Aspects

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

A work of bold cultural and historical criticism that shows how Allen Ginsberg transformed the American literary tradition in poetry with his own individual talent and created "Howl," a work of genius that defined and shaped a generation and helped to break the Cold War culture of conformity.
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Breaking the Rule of Cool: Interviewing and Reading Women Beat Writers

Book by Nancy M. Grace, Ronna C. Johnson; University Press of Mississippi, 2004

Subjects:

American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Authors, American--20th Century--Interviews, Beat Generation, Beat Generation--Interviews, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century, Women Authors, American--Interviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...century History and criticism. 2. Beat generation. 3. Women and literature United...Mapping Women Writers of the Beat Generation Ronna C. Johnson...inception to the present. The first Beat generation is represented by ruth weiss...
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Screening the Beats: Media Culture and the Beat Sensibility

Book by David Sterritt; Southern Illinois University Press, 2004

Subjects:

American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--Film And Video Adaptations, Beat Generation, Kerouac, Jack--1922-1969--Film And Video Adaptations, Mass Media And Literature--United States--History--20th Century, Mass Media--United States--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...century History and criticism. 2. Beat generation. 3. Mass media and literature...Kerouacs novel and the loosely knit Beat Generation group that spawned it. The...be. To do the same with the Beat Generation writers is to highlight a similar...
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The Response to Allen Ginsberg, 1926-1994: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources

Book by Bill Morgan; Greenwood Press, 1996

Subjects:

Beat Generation--Bibliography, Ginsberg, Allen--1926---Criticism And Interpretation--Bibliography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

A member of the "Beat Generation," Allen Ginsberg may well be remembered as the most important poet of the 20th century. As this volume indicates, his works have received increasing amounts of attention, and his influence has been pervasive. This bibliography cites approximately 6,500 critical and ...
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A member of the "Beat Generation," Allen Ginsberg may well be remembered as the most important poet of the 20th century. As this volume indicates, his works have received increasing amounts of attention, and his influence has been pervasive. This bibliography cites approximately 6,500 critical and biographical studies of Ginsberg's life and work, along with translations of his many writings. Translations are arranged by language and are then categorized by type of publication. Critical and biographical works are listed chronologically, so that the reader may see the response to Ginsberg over time. Extensive indexes allow the reader to find citations for particular titles and authors.
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Journal Articles on: beat generation

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Kerouac and Friends: A Beat Generation Album

Journal article by Thomas Mcgovern; Afterimage, Vol. 30, 2003

Collections: Entire Library

Kerouac and Friends: A Beat Generation Album. by Thomas McGovern...McDarrahs Kerouac and Friends: A Beat Generation Album, re-release of his 1985...essays about that misunderstood Beat generation that range from the affectionate...
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The Beat Generation: Community Policing at Its Best

Journal article by William D. Eggers, John O'Leary; Policy Review, 1995

Subjects:

Crime prevention--Citizen participation, Volunteer workers in law enforcement--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

The beat generation: community policing at its best by William D. Eggers , John...of community policing is getting more cops back on the neighborhood beat. "Beat integrity," the practice of charging a small group of officers with...
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Cold War Correspondents: Ginsberg, Kerouac, Cassady, and the Political Economy of Beat Letters

Journal article by Oliver Harris; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 46, 2000

Subjects:

Beat generation--Political aspects, Cold War--Influence, Dissenters--Literature, Ginsberg, Allen--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Kerouac, Jack--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Letter writing--Political aspects, Narration (Rhetoric)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rosenberg, Ethel--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Rosenberg, Julius--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...relation between Cold War and Beat generation along the double axis private...now for all of us to return to Beat Generation 1947 confessions and honesties...reciprocal with them. Cold War and Beat generation worlds of knowledge and communication...
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"After All, What Else Is There to Say?" Ed Sanders and the Beat Aesthetic

Journal article by David Herd; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 19, 1999

Subjects:

Beat generation--Literature, Ginsberg, Allen--Influence, Sanders, Ed--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...to Ginsberg. To be Beat is not simply to drop...the best minds of his generation sacrifice themselves...already named, the second generation of Beat writers was allocated...Ginsbergs Writings." The Beat Generation Writers. Ed. A. Robert...
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Helter Shelter: Strategic Interment in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"

Journal article by Joseph Dewey; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 19, 1999

Subjects:

Beat generation--Literature, Sanders, Ed--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tales of Beatnik Glory (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...retreat and separation. His is a Beat generation not on the road but in the shelter...Eisenhower fifties itself. The Beat" generation, Sanders reminds us, was actually...Watson, Steven. The Birth of the Beat Generation: Visionaries, Rebels, and Hipsters...

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Magazine Articles on: beat generation

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Kerouac's Blues

Magazine article by James Campbell; The Antioch Review, Vol. 57, Summer 1999

Subjects:

American literature--Personalities, Beat generation--Personalities, Kerouac, Jack--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...and mad ones everywhere, a "beat generation." Kerouac was talking to John...of what Kerouac said about a beat generation. It was his habit to make notes...I guess you might say were a beat generation." To Holmes, it was akin to...
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Kerouac's Blues

Magazine article by James Campbell; The Antioch Review, Vol. 59, Spring 2001

Subjects:

Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Beat generation--Analysis, Ginsberg, Allen--Criticism and interpretation, Holmes, John Clellon--Criticism and interpretation, Kerouac, Jack--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, The Subterraneans (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...and mad ones everywhere, a "beat generation." Kerouac was talking to John...of what Kerouac said about a beat generation. It was his habit to make notes...a variety of guises in early Beat Generation traffic, sometimes as an object...
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Wild at Heart

Magazine article by Vivian Gornick; The Nation, Vol. 278, June 14, 2004

Subjects:

American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" and the Making of the Beat Generation (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, collected letters: 1944--1967 (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...Howl" and the Making of the Beat Generation. By Jonah Raskin. California...I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by/madness, starving...formal poets and critics of his generation Ginsberg would remain only an...
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Allen Ginsberg

Magazine article by John Leonard; The Nation, Vol. 264, April 28, 1997

Subjects:

Beat generation--Personalities, Ginsberg, Allen--Biography, Poets--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...the Brothers Karamazov. Although his favorite poet was Rilke ("every angel is terrible"), he believed Ginsberg to be the only Beat with genuine talent and staying power. This should not surprise. Ginsberg and Chambers had Lionel Trilling in common; at Columbia...
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The Beats Now

Magazine article by Richard Brookhiser; National Review, Vol. 49, May 19, 1997

Subjects:

Beat generation--Criticism and interpretation, Ginsberg, Allen--Criticism and interpretation, Kerouac, Jack--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Entire Library

...on him. Now that he is gone, we can take a clearer look at the Beats and their work. What follows is an unscientific survey of Beat "classics" that are in every bookstore. The Beats had two capitals. One was San Francisco, where the City Lights book- store...

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Newspaper Articles on: beat generation

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The Beat Generation; HOME STUDIO HARDWARE Think You're the Next Lemar? Here's the Kit You Need to Make a Hit Single at Home

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 27, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

The Beat Generation; HOME STUDIO HARDWARE Think Youre the Next Lemar? Heres the Kit You Need...simulate the worlds best guitar amps, add hundreds of drum rhythms or beat effects and tweak vocals via a microphone pre-amp. Verdict Ditch your...
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The Beat Generation; THE ARTS A Rash of Talented Young Conductors Is Taking Up the Baton at the Head of the World's Orchestras

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 26, 2004

Subjects:

Rattle, Simon

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

The Beat Generation; THE ARTS A Rash of Talented Young Conductors...tremulous times for symphony orchestras. A generation of music directors is overripe for retirement...the worlds great orchestras wake up to the generational renaissance?
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PROVE YOU'RE EXTRA SPECIAL; It's Your Chance to Join the New Beat Generation

Newspaper article by Sheila Prophet; The Mirror (London, England), November 13, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...YOURE EXTRA SPECIAL; Its Your Chance to Join the New Beat Generation. by Sheila Prophet Thousands of people...discovered the rewards of giving up spare time to go on the beat as Special Constables. Now the Home Office and the...
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Football: BEAT THE BIGOTS; Marv: Time to Stop Old Firm Poison Spreading before It Gets a Grip on Another Generation

Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), August 19, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Football: BEAT THE BIGOTS; Marv: Time to...It Gets a Grip on Another Generation. Marvellous Marvin...continues for generation after generation. They are going to grow up...of a sevengame jinx and we beat Celtic a second time days...
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PCs Beat TV for the Google Generation

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 6, 2006

Subjects:

Microcomputers--Reports, Personal computers--Reports

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

PCs Beat TV for the Google Generation. Byline: JONATHAN PRYNN YOUNG...The research into the "Google Generation" reveals how technology and the...their reliance on technology, the generation born when Margaret Thatcher was...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: beat generation

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Beat Generation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

BEAT GENERATION term applied to certain American...Essentially anarchic, members of the beat generation rejected traditional social and artistic...called "hippies." See B. Cook, The Beat Generation (1971, repr. 1982), J. Tytell, Naked...
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Snyder, Gary

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

SNYDER, GARY 1930 , American poet, b. San Francisco. Associated with the beat generation of the 1950s, he lived in Japan from 1956 to 1968. His poetry, influenced by Zen Buddhism and Native American culture, celebrates...
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Kerouac, Jack

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...studied at Columbia Univ. One of the leaders of the beat generation , he was the author of the novel On the Road (1957), widely considered the testament of the beat movement. Kerouacs writings reflect a frenetic, restless...
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Ginsberg, Allen

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...ALLEN ginz burg, 1926 97, American poet, b. Paterson, N.J., grad. Columbia, 1949. An outspoken member of the beat generation , Ginsberg is best known for Howl (1956), a long poem attacking American values in the 1950s. The prose of Jack...
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Burroughs, William Seward

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...WILLIAM SEWARD 1914 97, American novelist, b. St. Louis, grad. Harvard, 1936. He was an elder member of the beat generation . Junkie (1953), originally published under the pseudonym William Lee, and Queer (written 1953, pub. 1985) are...

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