The Best Minds of My Generation: A Literary History of the Beats

by Allen Ginsberg and Ginsberg

Book Overview

In 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem "Howl," and Jack Kerouac's seminal book On the Road , Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation. Through the creation of this course, which he ended up teaching five times, first at the Naropa Institute and later at Brooklyn College, Ginsberg saw an opportunity to present the history of Beat Literature in his own inimitable way...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802126499
• ISBN13: 9780802126498
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"