Description
Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs-their emergence in the late 1950s as the leading figures of the Beat movement marked one of the most spectacular developments in post-World War II American literature. John Tytell's classic study examines their attempt to redefine a complacent society's notion of sanity and normalcy and to reinvent their own lives through jazz, drugs, and law-breaking, acts that ultimately led to new forms of expression. A fascinating blend of literary and social criticism, history, and biography, Naked Angels is an indispensable introduction to the lives and work of these seminal figures, and an unsurpassed look at the powerful influence they had on the 1960s and beyond.
Author: John Tytell
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Published: 02/01/2006
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.30h x 7.00w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9781566636834
ISBN10: 1566636833
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | General
- Biography & Autobiography | General
Author: John Tytell
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Published: 02/01/2006
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.30h x 7.00w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9781566636834
ISBN10: 1566636833
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | General
- Biography & Autobiography | General
About the Author
John Tytell is professor of English at Queens College (CUNY) and the author of Ezra Pound, Reading New York, Paradise Outlaws, The Living Theatre, and Passionate Lives. He lives in New York City.