Ecstasy of the Beats: On the Road to Understanding

by David Creighton

Who were the beats? Not the sandle-clad "beatniks" of popular lore but dedicated writers, experimenters, skit improvisers, theorizers, hedonists, close friends, bisexual free lovers, shapers of the future. The beats hung out at Columbia university and cheap Times Square cafeterias, devouring ideas. David Creighton shows how the world has taken up their message. In Ecstasy of the Beats he gives a fresh portrait of Carolyn Cassady, "Queen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550027344
• ISBN13: 9781550027341
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"