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The Beat Generation FAQ : All That's Left to Know about the Angelheaded Hipsters.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Hal Leonard Corporation, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (342 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781617136351
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Beat Generation FAQDDC classification:
  • 810.9/0054
LOC classification:
  • PS228.B6 .W453 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Angelheaded Hipsters: Major Figures of the Beat Generation -- 2. A Path to Paradise: Defining Characteristics of the Beat Generation -- 3. Just the Froth Riding on a Wave: Beat Generation Influences -- 4. Caught in a Square World: The Emergence of the Beat Generation -- 5. Find Your Place: Legendary Beat Haunts -- 6. A Point of No Return: The San Francisco Renaissance -- 7. State of Revolt: The Legendary Six Gallery Reading -- 8. Angels of the World's Desire: The Publication and Censorship of "Howl" -- 9. Under the Burden of Solitude: The Essential Works of Allen Ginsberg -- 10. Fast, Mad, Confessional: The Genesis of On the Road -- 11. Somewhere Along the Line: Jack Kerouac's "Duluoz Legend" -- 12. Outside Any Social Contract: Naked Lunch and the Nightmare of Addiction -- 13. Unlock My Word Horde: Language as a Virus in the Works of William Burroughs -- 14. Swimming the River of Hardship: Women of the Beat Generation -- 15. A Ghost in Daylight: The Beats on Drugs -- 16. Every Face You See: The Rise of the Beatniks -- 17. Only the Most Bitter: Notorious Beat Generation Critics -- 18. The Mad Ones: Other Key Figures in the Beat Generation -- 19. Forlorn Rags of Growing Old: The Demise of the Beat Generation -- 20. All Went Their Own Way: Beats vs. Hippies -- 21. Safe in Heaven Dead: Final Beat Resting Places -- 22. Visions of Eternal Freedom: Beat-Related Literary Magazines -- 23. Don't Hide the Madness: Beat Live Performances and Recordings -- 24. Sullen Rebels, Defiant Chicks: The Beat Generation on Film -- 25. The Shadow Cast by Our Imaginations: Beat Generation Documentaries -- 26. Strange Unexpected Acts: Artists Influenced by the Beat Generation -- 27. The Next Crazy Venture: Beat Tributes and Landmarks.
28. Nothing Behind Me: Eclectic Beat Generation Biographies and Autobiographies -- 29. Even the Stars Will Fade Out: Whatever Happened To . . . -- Each Stolen Moment: A Beat Generation Timeline -- Selected Bibliography.
Summary: THE BEAT GENERATION FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANGELHEADED HIPSTERS.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Angelheaded Hipsters: Major Figures of the Beat Generation -- 2. A Path to Paradise: Defining Characteristics of the Beat Generation -- 3. Just the Froth Riding on a Wave: Beat Generation Influences -- 4. Caught in a Square World: The Emergence of the Beat Generation -- 5. Find Your Place: Legendary Beat Haunts -- 6. A Point of No Return: The San Francisco Renaissance -- 7. State of Revolt: The Legendary Six Gallery Reading -- 8. Angels of the World's Desire: The Publication and Censorship of "Howl" -- 9. Under the Burden of Solitude: The Essential Works of Allen Ginsberg -- 10. Fast, Mad, Confessional: The Genesis of On the Road -- 11. Somewhere Along the Line: Jack Kerouac's "Duluoz Legend" -- 12. Outside Any Social Contract: Naked Lunch and the Nightmare of Addiction -- 13. Unlock My Word Horde: Language as a Virus in the Works of William Burroughs -- 14. Swimming the River of Hardship: Women of the Beat Generation -- 15. A Ghost in Daylight: The Beats on Drugs -- 16. Every Face You See: The Rise of the Beatniks -- 17. Only the Most Bitter: Notorious Beat Generation Critics -- 18. The Mad Ones: Other Key Figures in the Beat Generation -- 19. Forlorn Rags of Growing Old: The Demise of the Beat Generation -- 20. All Went Their Own Way: Beats vs. Hippies -- 21. Safe in Heaven Dead: Final Beat Resting Places -- 22. Visions of Eternal Freedom: Beat-Related Literary Magazines -- 23. Don't Hide the Madness: Beat Live Performances and Recordings -- 24. Sullen Rebels, Defiant Chicks: The Beat Generation on Film -- 25. The Shadow Cast by Our Imaginations: Beat Generation Documentaries -- 26. Strange Unexpected Acts: Artists Influenced by the Beat Generation -- 27. The Next Crazy Venture: Beat Tributes and Landmarks.

28. Nothing Behind Me: Eclectic Beat Generation Biographies and Autobiographies -- 29. Even the Stars Will Fade Out: Whatever Happened To . . . -- Each Stolen Moment: A Beat Generation Timeline -- Selected Bibliography.

THE BEAT GENERATION FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANGELHEADED HIPSTERS.

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