Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A group of American writers and artists popular in the 1950s and early 1960s, influenced by Eastern philosophy and religion and known especially for their use of nontraditional forms and their rejection of conventional social values.
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- proper noun A group of American
writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most important works are Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957), Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956), and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The Beat Generation is a term which describes a group of American writers popular in the late
LearnHub Activities 2009
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In his famously confessional style, Ginsberg -- poet, counter-culture icon, and chronicler of the Beat Generation -- recounts the road trips, love affairs, and search for personal liberation that led to HOWL, the most timeless work of his career.
The Daily Truffle: James Franco Is Allen Ginsberg in New Movie "Howl": Watch the New Trailer 2010
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In his famously confessional style, Ginsberg -- poet, counter-culture icon, and chronicler of the Beat Generation -- recounts the road trips, love affairs, and search for personal liberation that led to HOWL, the most timeless work of his career.
The Daily Truffle: James Franco is Allen Ginsberg in New Movie "Howl": Watch the New Trailer 2010
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He was without doubt a great American novelist and poet, and the leading figure and spokesman of the Beat Generation, which he named.
Jack Kerouac's Ghost Haunts the Bars of St Petersburg FL 2008
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Go was about Jack's entire crowd, including Jack himself, as well as Ginsberg and Cassady; using the very term Jack had coined, Holmes identified them all as members of the Beat Generation.
Kerouac Unbound Johnson, Joyce 2007
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Allen Ginsberg, the famed beat poet of the Beat Generation, will be with us on the radio tonight on Mutual Broadcasting.
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Godfather of Beat Generation was content to live last years in Kansas
Kansas.com: -- Front 2010
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Godfather of Beat Generation was content to live last years in Kansas
Kansas.com: -- Front 2010
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Protest: The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men, he was, like Amis and the poet Philip Larkin, more of a university wit than a great experimenter in fiction.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The Beat Generation continues to move forward in our minds, and the grand search for truth continues.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Shane Musgrove Vail Valley Voices valleyvoices@vai 2010
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