Writing Wednesday:
Literary Term: “Beat Writers”
10.24.2012
By Zara D. Garcia-Alvarez / @ZaraAlexis
The literary term, Beat Writers, refers to a group of poets and novelists who wrote in the second half of the 1950′s and shared a set of social attitudes of anti-establishment, anti-political, and anti-intellectual, in favour of self-realization and self-expression.
The group of Beat Writers is known to include:
Allen Ginsberg
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Allen Ginsberg published poems such as:
- A Supermarket in California
- Crossing Nation
- Father Death Blues
- Cezanne’s Ports
- Death & Fame
- Five A.M.
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Gregory Corso
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Gregory Corso published poems such as:
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Lawrence Felinghetti wrote poems such as:
- A Vast Confusion
- Baseball Canto
- History of the Airplane
- Bird with Two Right Wings
- I Am Waiting
- Number 8
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William Burroughs
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William Burroughs popular publication:
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Jack Kerouac
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Jack Kerouac’s popular publication:
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What do you think makes the Beat Writers distinct from other writers?
Who is your favourite Beat Writer?
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