Description: HERE ARE 4 BOOKS ABOUT THE BEAT GENERATION:#1 NAKED ANGELS the Lives & Literature of the Beat Generation By John TytellMcGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY, 1976Hardcover, near very good condition, minor shelf/reading wear, many passages are underlined in pencil, dust jacket is fair-good, now protected in clear archival sleeveThis fascinating blend of literary and social criticism and biographical material serves to illuminate the writers themselves, their works and their influence on the "new consciousness" of the sixties.#2 THE BEAT HOTEL Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Corso in Paris, 1958-1963 Barry MilesGrove Press, New York, NY, 2000, First EditionHardcover, very good condition, dust jacket is very goodBarry Miles, acclaimed author of many books on the Beats and a personal acquaintance of many of them - vividly excavates the remarkable period and restores it to a historical picture that has, until now, been skewed in favor of the two coasts of America.Based on firsthand accounts from diaries, letters, and many original interviews, The Beat Hotel is an intimate look at a crucial period for some of the twentieth century's most enduring and daring writers.#3 THE BEATSEdited by Seymour KrimGold Medal Books, Fawcett Publications, Inc., Greenwich, CT, First Printing, March 1960Paperback, fair condition, spine is cracked at pages 126/127A Gold Medal AnthologyHere are the most vital and controversial writers on the American scene. Raw, penetrating stories, poems and social criticism by Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and many others.The drive, the fury, the frankness they bring to their writing has made the Beat Generation the most hotly discussed literary movement of the century.Here is the Beat world, the world that has aroused the critics to shocked outrage and loud praise. Here is the jazz the junk, the jargon - and, above all, the anger.Here is a ruthlessly honest collection of their writing together with some sharp critical assessments of their deliberate sensationalism and their holy war with Society. #4 A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MINDPoems by Lawrence FerlinghettiA New Directions Book, New York, NY, 1958, Seventeenth PrintingTrade softcover, very good conditionNew Directions Paperbook No. 74CONTENTS: A Coney Island of the Mind Oral Messages Poems from Pictures of the Gone World Index of Titles and First Lines *******************************Please see our other listing of Beat Generation books.... we are happy to combine shipping fees!USPS Media Rate postage will be calculated @ 3 pounds weightGRADUATE OF BOOK SEMINARS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMHOW IT WORKS WITH US:In other words; the fine print!For those buyers who reside outside the U.S.,We are now enrolled in eBay's Global Shipping ProgramWe like to have our auctions completed in a timely manner.If we have not HEARD FROM the high bidder by the FOURTH day after the close of the auction, we will file an UNPAID ITEM DISPUTE with Ebay.PLEASE: Bid Only If You Intend To Complete The Transaction.THANKS for your understanding in these matters.We are proud to let you know that we try to be ecologically responsible, nearly all of our packing materials are recycled or reused.THANKS FOR BIDDING WITH US!
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York, NY
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Publisher: McGraw Hill Bok Company
Subject: Beat Generation
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Year Printed: 1979
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Author: John Tytell
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Topic: Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States