The Beats: A Literary History

by Steven Belletto

Book Overview

Kerouac. Ginsberg. Burroughs. These are the most famous names of the Beat Generation, but in fact they were only the front line of a much more wide-ranging literary and cultural movement. This critical history takes readers through key works by these authors, but also radiates out to discuss dozens more writers and their works, showing how they all contributed to one of the most far-reaching literary movements of the post-World War II era. Moving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107176689
• ISBN13: 9781107176683
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"