Penguin Book of the Beats

by Ann Charters (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $3.25

  One of the most progressive literary movements, the Beat Generation was a phenomenon of 1950s America that sent shock waves aroung the world. This book captures the flavour of defiance of Beat generation in a comprehensive anthology of the movement's most important prose and poetry. Novel excerpts, stories, essays and songs are joined by biographical sketches of the major Beat writers and a selection of memoirs and tributes.