A report on Beat Generation
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
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Protestant Cemetery, Rome
1 linksPrivate cemetery in the rione of Testaccio in Rome.
Private cemetery in the rione of Testaccio in Rome.
Gregory Corso (1930–2001), American beat generation poet
North Beach, San Francisco
3 linksNeighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill.
Neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill.
During the 1950s, many of the neighborhood's cafes and bars became the home and epicenter of the Beat Generation and gave rise to the San Francisco Renaissance.
Haight-Ashbury
1 linksDistrict of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets.
District of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets.
The Beats had congregated around San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood from the late 1950s.
David Bowie
0 linksEnglish singer-songwriter and actor.
English singer-songwriter and actor.
Burns, who was 10 years older than Bowie, had schizophrenia and seizures, and lived alternately at home and in psychiatric wards; while living with Bowie, he introduced the younger man to many of his lifelong influences, such as modern jazz, Buddhism, Beat poetry, and the occult.
Beat (King Crimson album)
2 linksNinth studio album by the British rock band King Crimson, released in 1982 by record label E.G. This is the second King Crimson album to feature the band's line-up of co-founder Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Bill Bruford.
Ninth studio album by the British rock band King Crimson, released in 1982 by record label E.G. This is the second King Crimson album to feature the band's line-up of co-founder Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Bill Bruford.
According to the Trouser Press Record Guide, the album was inspired by the history and work of 1950’s Beat literature, spurred on by the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
Heart Beat (film)
2 links1980 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Byrum, based on the autobiography by Carolyn Cassady.
1980 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Byrum, based on the autobiography by Carolyn Cassady.
The film is about seminal figures in the Beat Generation.
Walt Whitman
2 linksAmerican poet, essayist and journalist.
American poet, essayist and journalist.
Whitman's vagabond lifestyle was adopted by the Beat movement and its leaders such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac in the 1950s and 1960s as well as anti-war poets like Adrienne Rich, Alicia Ostriker, and Gary Snyder.
Columbia University
1 linksPrivate Ivy League research university in New York City.
Private Ivy League research university in New York City.
Columbia alumni have made an indelible mark in the field of American poetry and literature, with such people as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, pioneers of the Beat Generation; and Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, seminal figures in the Harlem Renaissance, all having attended the university.
Kill Your Darlings (2013 film)
3 links2013 American biographical drama film written by Austin Bunn and directed by John Krokidas in his feature film directorial debut.
2013 American biographical drama film written by Austin Bunn and directed by John Krokidas in his feature film directorial debut.
The story is about the college days of some of the earliest members of the Beat Generation (Lucien Carr, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac), their interactions, and Carr's killing of his long-time friend David Kammerer in Riverside Park in Manhattan, New York City.
Howl (2010 film)
4 links2010 American film which explores both the 1955 Six Gallery debut and the 1957 obscenity trial of 20th-century American poet Allen Ginsberg's noted poem "Howl".
2010 American film which explores both the 1955 Six Gallery debut and the 1957 obscenity trial of 20th-century American poet Allen Ginsberg's noted poem "Howl".
It reconstructs the early life of Ginsberg during the 1940s and 1950s.