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 The Beat Generation: An Overview Summary
108,401 words, approx. 361 pages The Beat Generation: An Overview Originating in the 1950s and primarily centered in select communities of California, such as North Beach and Venice West, and New York City’s Greenwich Village, the Beat Generation essentially constituted a... summary from source:
The Beat “Scene”: East And West Summary
95,858 words, approx. 320 pagesThe Beat “Scene”: East And West The settings in which the formative events of the Beat Generation took place included coffeehouses, bars, colleges, and nightclubs of New York City and San Francisco. These were the establishments where... summary from source:
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 Beat generation Information
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 The Beat Generation is a term used to describe both a group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the cultural phenomena that they wrote about and inspired (later sometimes called beatniks though this is...
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 The Boston Globe For the Beat Generation, a new generation
10/12/1997: 461 words, approx. 2 pages At The New England School of Art and Design, students shuffle between lockers and class while vivid photographs of writers Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and other shining lights of the Beat Generation look out at the new generation passing by. "Most... summary from source:
National Review The Beats now.(Beat Generation literature)
05/19/1997: 1,479 words, approx. 5 pages Beat writers tried to produce work that was fresh and extemporaneous, but much of their writing was sentimental, adolescent or incomprehensible. Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg were the most successful Beat writers. Mr. Brookhiser, a senior editor at NR, is the author most... summary from source:
 AP News Reports: Toyota planning new Japan plant
9/14/2007: 303 words, approx. 1 pagesToyota Motor Corp. is planning to build its first new auto assembly plant in Japan in nearly two decades, Japanese media reports said Friday.The Japanese automaker said in a statement it's studying all such production possibilities, but no decision had been made.Toyota, which makes Camry... summary from source:
AP News Kerouac author gives back advance
9/28/2007: 338 words, approx. 1 pagesAuthor Douglas Brinkley says he's giving back the advance he received from Penguin Group USA Inc., for failing to promptly deliver a biography on Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac.Penguin had sued Brinkley, a history teacher at Houston's Rice University, because he failed to finish the...
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 Essay Grade: 96%Discuss Homosexuality in the Beat Generation
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The "Beat Generation" of the 1950s challenged the traditional concepts of the masculine role in society. Beat writers, for the first time in American history, openly addressed taboo subjects such as homosexuality. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 92%Beatnik Literature and Lifestyle
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Provides a look into the the American post WWII Beatnik Generation, including its literature, key figures, social and political impact. Authors Jack Kerouac and John Clellon Holmes are profiled. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 90%
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