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

by Rich Weidman

Book Overview

The Beat Generation FAQ is an informative and entertaining look at the enigmatic authors and cutting-edge works that shaped this fascinating cultural and literary movement. Disillusioned with the repression and conformity encompassing post-World War II life in the United States, the Beat writers sought creative alternatives to the mind-numbing banality of modern culture.

Beat Generation writers were no strangers to controversy: Both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617136018
• ISBN13: 9781617136016
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"