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Essay Grade: 96%
Discuss Homosexuality in the Beat Generation
2,554 words, approx. 9 pages
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.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Beatnik Literature and Lifestyle
1,460 words, approx. 5 pages
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.
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Essay Grade: 90%
Sexual Liberation in the Literature of the Beat Generation
1,373 words, approx. 5 pages
Essay discusses the aspect of sexual liberation in the literature of the Beat Generation.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Beats
1,365 words, approx. 5 pages
Examines social deviance in the 1950's as depicted through that generation's beat literature. Focuses on works by beat generation writers, including works such as On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Understanding the Beats by Edward Halsey Foster and The View From On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Beat Generation
1,350 words, approx. 5 pages
This essay provides a description of the "Beat Generation."

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