BEAT GENERATION LITERATURE

describes who founded the Beat Generation and how it came to be and describes what it means

John Allen Cassady, the son of famous beatnik legend Neal Cassady, says, "The 'Beat Generation' is in full-swing in San Francisco, but it never really went away."

This article examines the re-emergence of individualism in post-WWII America through the context of Allen Ginsberg's poetry, John C. Holmes' "This is the Beat Generation," and Susan Sontag's "What's Happening in America?" and Tom Hayden's "The Port Huron Statement."

A review of the new DVD release of "Destroy All Rational Thought," which covers the Beat Generation and the Tangiers art scene in the 1950s.

A Clockwork Orange, a book originally published in 1962, written by Anthony Burgess, is about a group of youth who like to beat up old men, rape women, and rob stores.

During the 1990s, a new generation of Black writers emerged in the spotlight to continue the literary tradition of giving voice to its experiences as Black people in the African Diaspora.

Ever since man began carving symbols or hieroglyphics into stone, he has had an almost obsessive desire to tell tales, record his experience, and prvoide testimony to his inner or public passions, ambitions, and fears.

Contemporary English writers are extremely diverse both in content and form of their literary work.

A brief biography of the Beat poet Gregory Corso.

In a world still deeply divided over social and moral issues, we can go back in time more than 150 years to discover that the great American poet, Walt Whitman, expressed radical themes that would enlighten (and disturb) even today.

Fitzgerald, Williams, and Miller help us identify the consequences of living in a world of fantasy away from reality through the failures of their protagonists in their respective works The Great Gatsby, The Glass Menagerie, and Death of a Salesman.

Below are some of the non-tourist places which can be found in San Francisco.

Jack Kerouac and Amos Tutuola Used the mechanisms of verbal folk tradition to develop their spontaneous writing styles.

Poetry, spoken word and poetry slams can be found alive and well all over San Francisco and the Bay Area. Verbal expressionism still draws in a crowd, and it is interesting to hear the current buzz and issues in the status quo.

A brief profile of Allan Ginsberg and his work.

A review of the original scroll version of On The Road.

Kerouac named Joyce as one of his greatest influences. See how Kerouac developed his spontaneous prose method through the influences of Joyce, Wolfe, and William Saroyan.

List of ten of the best travel novels.

If you've wanted to broaden your education, or become fluent in the "classics," then this is a great list of 40 classic must read novels.

An analysis of William S. Burroughs' poetry.