Women Writers of the Beat Era: Autobiography and Intertextuality

by Mary Paniccia Carden

Book Overview

The Beat Generation was a group of writers who rejected cultural standards, experimented with drugs, and celebrated sexual liberation. Starting in the 1950s with works such as Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Allen Ginsberg's Howl, and William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch, the Beat Generation defined an experimental zeitgeist that endures to today. Yet left out of this picture are the Beat women, who produced a large body of writing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813941229
• ISBN13: 9780813941226
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher