This is the Beat Generation
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Jack Karouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs had all seen the inside of mental hospitals and prisons by the age of 30. This book charts the transformation of these experiences into literature and a literary movement that spread across the globe.
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Sign InBeat generationIntellectual lifeHistory and criticismAmerican literatureAmerican AuthorsAmericansAuthors, AmericanBiographyHistoryBeats (Persons)Burroughs, william s., 1914-1997Kerouac, jack, 1922-1969
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First Published
1999
Pages
320 pages
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Editions
3
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
ENG
Status
Published
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