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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

47,490 words, approx. 159 pages

Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–) (Born Lawrence Ferling Monsanto) American poet, novelist, and playwright. To fully appreciate the impact of Ferlinghetti on the American literary scene in gener... Read more

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

8,636 words, approx. 29 pages

Biography EssayIn discarding accepted notions of conformity in art as well as life, the Beats looked around for brothers of rebellion. Breaking the dam of cultural convention they stood on new and fer... Read more

Lawrence (Monsanto) Ferlinghetti

3,320 words, approx. 12 pages

The Beat movement, characterized by its chief commentator Kenneth Rexroth as "total rejection of ... official high-brow culture," had already begun to take shape when Lawrence Ferlinghetti opened City... Read more

Lawrence (Monsanto) Ferlinghetti

8,058 words, approx. 27 pages

In discarding accepted notions of conformity in art as well as life, the Beats looked around for brothers of rebellion. Breaking the dam of cultural convention they stood on new and fertile ground and... Read more