Book contents
- The Beats
- The Beats
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Get Hip, My Soul: How It All Got Started (1944–1948)
- Chapter 1 The Wild Outré Gang of Columbia Campus
- Chapter 2 Write for Them about Them Personally
- Part II Underground to Literary Celebrity (1948–1957)
- Part III The Beatnik Era and the Profusion of Beat Literature (1958–1962)
- Part IV Beat Politics (1962–1969)
- Coda
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 2 - Write for Them about Them Personally
The Beats and Avant-Garde Literary Communities at Mid-Century
from Part I - Get Hip, My Soul: How It All Got Started (1944–1948)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 February 2020
Book contents
- The Beats
- The Beats
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Get Hip, My Soul: How It All Got Started (1944–1948)
- Chapter 1 The Wild Outré Gang of Columbia Campus
- Chapter 2 Write for Them about Them Personally
- Part II Underground to Literary Celebrity (1948–1957)
- Part III The Beatnik Era and the Profusion of Beat Literature (1958–1962)
- Part IV Beat Politics (1962–1969)
- Coda
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores avant-garde literary communities at mid-century, and explains the relationship between the Beats, Black Mountain College, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the New York School.
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- The BeatsA Literary History, pp. 15 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020