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The Best Minds of My Generation: A Literary History of the Beats
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- ISBN
- 9780802127983
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Best Minds of My Generation : a Literary History of the Beats
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Topic
- American / General
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 3.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
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In 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem "Howl," and Jack Kerouac's seminal book On the Road , Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation. Through the creation of this course, which he ended up teaching five times, first at the Naropa Institute and later at Brooklyn College, Ginsberg saw an opportunity to present the history of Beat Literature in his own inimitable way. Compiled and edited by renowned Beat scholar Bill Morgan, and with an introduction by Anne Waldman, The Best Minds of My Generation presents the lectures in edited form, complete with notes, and paints a portrait of the Beats as Ginsberg knew them: friends, confidantes, literary mentors, and fellow revolutionaries. Ginsberg was seminal to the creation of a public perception of Beat writers and knew all of the major figures personally, making him uniquely qualified to be the historian of the movement. In The Best Minds of My Generation , Ginsberg shares anecdotes of meeting Kerouac, Burroughs, and other writers for the first time, explains his own poetics, elucidates the importance of music to Beat writing, discusses visual influences and the cut-up method, and paints a portrait of a group who were leading a literary revolution. For Beat aficionados and neophytes alike, The Best Minds of My Generation is a personal yet critical look at one of the most important literary movements of the twentieth century.
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Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802127983
ISBN-13
9780802127983
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239582972
Product Key Features
Book Title
Best Minds of My Generation : a Literary History of the Beats
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
American / General
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
3.5 Oz
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Praise for The Best Minds of My Generation : "A marvelous feat of editing and reorganization . . . A compact and often spellbinding text, preserving intact the story of the literary movement Ginsberg led, promoted and never ceased to embody . . . Put together by an erudite genius of encyclopedic recall." -- New York Times Book Review "Scholarly, wide-ranging and full of penetrating insight and fascinating literary gossip, the book is a major contribution to the core Beat canon, and provides an astonishingly intimate view of a homegrown American literary movement that would have a generative influence worldwide . . . Best Minds situates the Beats in cultural history in a way that no other exploration of their work does." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Bill Morgan has culled The Best Minds of My Generation from two decades of lecturesdelivered by Ginsberg, the Beats' chief mouthpiece, lit hustler, chronicler and flamekeeper . . . The Best Minds of My Generation is a reminder that great writing is not always about good taste or approved schools of technique, but engagement, energy and revolt." -- Irish Times "Jack Kerouac may have coined the term Beat Generation , but it was Ginsberg's indefatigable energy that shaped and sustained one of the most significant movements in American literature . . . Morgan, a leading authority on Ginsberg and author of numerous books on the Beat Generation, has done a superb job organizing and editing the material, while preserving the poet's voice and lecture style . . . Essential reading." -- Library Journal "A gold mine for anyone interested in beat literature . . . Ginsberg reads and thinks like a poet; interested in language and style, he abandons narrative to leap from image to image, yoking grandiloquent statements with pungent summations and deadpan remarks. Fans of the period will embrace Ginsberg's raconteur style and insider knowledge about his friends and their achievements." -- Publishers Weekly "Authoritatively edited by Morgan from course material and tapes . . . While many classes were as free-wheeling, digressive, and opinionated as anyone might expect from Ginsberg, most offered close readings, literary background, candid recollections, and cogent analyses, highlighting both craft and literary influence . . . A rich sourcebook for literary historians and fans of the passionate, iconoclastic Beats." -- Kirkus Reviews "A compilation sure to please followers of the Beat Generation's Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and others." -- OutClique
Dewey Decimal
810.90054
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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