This is the Beat Generation by James Campbell

This is the Beat Generation by James Campbell

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Summary

Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs had all seen the inside of mental hospitals and prisons by the age of 30. This book charts the transformation of these experiences into a literary movement that spread across the globe in the decade and a half that followed World War II.

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This is the Beat Generation by James Campbell

Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs had all seen the inside of mental hospitals and prisons by the age of 30. This book charts the transformation of these experiences into a literary movement that spread across the globe in the decade and a half that followed World War II.

In 1951, James Campbell was born in Glasgow. He was the editor of the New Edinburgh Review from 1978 to 1982, and he now works for the Times Literary Supplement. His biography of James Baldwin will be released soon.

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ISBN 13 9780436204982
ISBN 10 0436204983
Title This is the Beat Generation
Author James Campbell
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1999-05-20
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.