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The Portable Beat Reader by Ann Charters (2003, UK-B Format Paperback)

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Beginning in the late 1940's, American literature discovered a four-letter word, and the word was "beat." Beat as in poverty and beatitude, ecstasy and exile. Beat was Jack Kerouac touring the American road in prose as fast and reckless as a V-8 Chevy. It was the junk-sick surrealism of William Burroughs; the wild, Whitmanesque poetry of Allen Ginsberg; and the lumberjack Zen of Gary Snyder. The Portable Beat Reader collects the most significant writing of these and fellow members (and spiritual descendants) of the Beat Generation, including Neal Cassady, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Bob Dylan, Leroi Jones, and Michael McClure. In poetry, fiction, essays, song lyrics, letters, and memoirs, it captures the triumphant rudeness, energy, and exhilaration of a movement that swept through American letters with hurricane force. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0142437530
ISBN-13
9780142437537
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2387335

Product Key Features

Book Title
Portable Beat Reader
Author
Ann Charters
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 19th Century, American / General
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
688 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps536
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
"A deft and definitive collection. It catches the flavor of playful, serious defiance of the whole generation." -- Gary Snyder, "A deft and definitive collection. It catches the flavor of playful, serious defiance of the whole generation." - Gary Snyder
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
810.8/0054
Dewey Edition
20

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