The Portable beat reader / edited by Ann Charters.
Contributor(s): Charters, Ann
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Series: Penguin classics.New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking Penguin, ©1992Description: xxxvi, 645 p. ; 20 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 0670838853 :; 0142437530; 9780142437537.Subject(s): American literature -- 20th century | Beat generation -- Literary collectionsDDC classification: 810.80054/P83 Other classification: CAS Summary: Beginning in the late 1940's, American literature discovered a four-letter word, and the word was "beat." This book collects the significant writings of the fellow members of the Beat Generation. In poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs, it captures the triumphant rudeness, energy, and exhilaration of a movement that swept through American letters.
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Beginning in the late 1940's, American literature discovered a four-letter word, and the word was "beat." This book collects the significant writings of the fellow members of the Beat Generation. In poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs, it captures the triumphant rudeness, energy, and exhilaration of a movement that swept through American letters.
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