The Ultimate, Illustrated Beats Chronology by Robert Niemi

The Ultimate, Illustrated Beats Chronology by Robert Niemi

Did you know that less than two weeks after Jack Kerouac reported to the Newport, RI U.S. Naval Training Station (the same month that the German 6th Army was surrendering at Stalingrad), he was discharged, diagnosed with a "Constitutional Psychopathic State, Schizoid Personality"? That just a few months later, William Burroughs moved from Chicago to New York, where he took a small apartment at 69 Bedford Street and began a heroin addiction that was to last until 1956? That meanwhile, Gregory Corso, thirteen and homeless, was being arrested for petty larceny, while Hubert Selby, Jr., fifteen, joined the Merchant Marines? And that the very same year, Allen Ginsberg, a new graduate from Eastside High School in Patterson, New Jersey, began his first semester at Columbia University, where he first made the acquaintance of Herbert Gold and Jack Kerouac?

Packed with month-by-month and week-by-week anecdotes, The Ultimate, Illustrated Beats Chronology is a meticulous timeline detailing the life events and literary accomplishments of the writers who became known as the Beat Generation. Covering an entire century and then some, this beautifully illustrated volume is certain to be an invaluable resource for anyone curious about the Beat Generation.

Robert Niemi, PhD, is professor of English and American Studies at St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT. He is author of several books including Robert Altman: Hollywood Maverick.

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ISBN 13	9781593764111
ISBN 10	1593764111
Titel	The Ultimate, Illustrated Beats Chronology
Autor	Robert Niemi
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Soft Skull Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-08-02
Seitenanzahl	288
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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