Josh Finley March 5th‚ 2015 The Beat Generation cannot be adequately characterized by a single theme or philosophy. Their influences came from a wide array of personalized experiences immersed in historical and political revolutions and communicated through individual creativity. The literary work of Beat writers inspired a generation of “hipsters” to attempt elusion of a “square” lifestyle fixated on conformity and conventionalism‚ for which‚ in the Beat’s opinion‚ was ultimately contributing
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woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime‚ delinquency‚ immorality‚ amorality ... woe unto those who attack it on the grounds that they simply don’t understand history and the yearning of human souls ... woe in fact unto those who those who make evil movies about the Beat Generation where innocent housewives are raped by beatniks! ... woe unto those who spit on the Beat Generation‚ the wind’ll blow it back. -- Jack Kerouac The Beat Generation or “Beatness”‚ if you will‚ has
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Beats and Their Poetry The "Beat Movement" in modern literature has become an important period in the history of literature and society in America. By incorporating influences such as jazz‚ art‚ literature‚ philosophy and religion‚ the beat writers created a new and prophetic vision of modern life and changed the way a generation of people saw the world. That generation has aged and its representative voices are slowly becoming lost to eternity‚ but the message is alive and well. The Beats have
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The term “beat generation” was coined by John Clellon Holmes in his 1948 article‚ to describe an artistic movement in the mid twentieth century. This movement began as a group of Columbia students in the 40s who wanted to be different and experimented in ways to express their difference. They migrated to San Francisco and grew in size to become a huge influence on American culture‚ inspiring new art and poetry‚ a music genre‚ and two sub-cultures. The Beat Generation‚ through their determination
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What was the impact of the Beat Generation after the Second World War? The Beat Generation was a time of liberation headed up by a small group of erratic men. The period immediately after the Second World War was deemed as the Era of Conformity. The vast majority of Americans were living in suburban areas called “Levittown” whilst the threat of communism was emerging. The conservative tradition dictated that men go to work and women become domesticated. This changed as people began to feel “beaten”
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helped establish The Beat Generation with his poem “Howl.” The general public did not accept his ideology in the beginning. These days‚ he is known for exactly that. By ignoring the standard writing values of the time and using his style instead‚ Ginsberg created something new. Mainly focusing on politics‚ like The Vietnam War‚ and social injustice is what many believe led some people to read his poetry Allen Ginsberg is best known as one of the founding fathers of The Beat Generation. He wanted to write
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this paper I would like to take a closer look at Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road‚ in context of the Beat Generation‚ in comparison to Ernest Hemingway‚ the leader of the Lost Generation. This paper tries to show the differences and the agreements between the two literary streams and how it influenced the two particular authors. Therefore‚ the paper starts with a definition of the Lost Generation and Hemingway in particular‚ and then I will try to deal with different aspects of Jack Kerouac’s novel
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1945 UP TO NOW 1945s: The 1940s opened with ‘’the outbreak of war inUnited Kingdom and English-language poetry took a number of turns‚ generally in the direction of the difficult’’(Macrone‚ Michael Brush Up Your Poetry‚ 1996‚ p. 216). A new generation of war poets emerged in response. These included Keith Douglas‚ Alun Lewis‚ Henry Reed and F. T. Prince. As with the poets of the First World War‚ the work of these writers can
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The beat generation was one of the largest cultural movements of the twentieth century. What started off as a literary phenomenon quickly progressed into a life-changing attitude for thousands of people across the country. The movement embraced originality and individuality in the way that people thought and acted. The generation’s writers coined the term “beat” to describe the type of generation in which they were living in. However‚ this is not to say that they did not see the world around them
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“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness‚ starving hysterical naked‚ dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.” This quote from Allen Ginsberg showed the feeling of the beat era. Allen Ginsberg‚ an author‚ one of the most influential writer of beat generation followed by few others‚ who practically changed the perspective of
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