The Beat Generation & The Angry Young Men

Various

ISBN 10: 193358646X / ISBN 13: 9781933586465

Published by Stark House Press, United States, 2012

About this Item

Originally published in 1958 by The Citadel Press. Stated First Stark House edition. Unread. Includes a new introduction and updated author biographical notes. Condition: Very Good +: The front cover shows a mild pinch and a tiny corner pinch, else is clean. The back cover shows some corner pinching and mild edge rubbing. The spine is square and unmarked. The pages are clean and unmarked. The page edges are clean and unmarked. This book will be placed in a new archival bag, bubble wrapped and shipped after receipt of payment in a new box with a USPS tracking number.

Seller Inventory # SC200274

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Beat Generation & The Angry Young Men
• Publisher: Stark House Press, United States
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193358646X
• ISBN 13: 9781933586465
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Reprint Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

This is a celebration of the anti-establishment literature of the 1950’s. Here you will find the works of Jack Kerouac, Williams Burroughs, Allen Ginsburg, Kingsley Amis, J. P. Donleavy, Norman Mailer, Colin Wilson and many more. In America they were the beat generation—beaten down or upbeat, depending who you talk to—and in England they were the angry young men—working and middle class writers who were disillusioned with traditional English society. Collectively they stood the literary world on end and paved the way for everything from the women’s movement and the hippie counter culture to the sexual revolution. They broke down the doors of censorship and opened the way toward social liberation. They popularized Eastern philosophies, lifestyle tolerance, eco-consciousness and drug experimentation—and war protesting.Some of these authors turned staunchly conservative later in their lives, while others stayed true to their causes and remain popular icons of rebellion and outrage. Over fifty years later, their message still rings clear—Man is not a robot, but a creative, spontaneous living being. The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men voiced their cry, and it is still being heard today.

About the Author

Gene Feldman and Max Gartenberg first met in Detroit when they both had brief academic careers in the English Department at Wayne State University. Both were native New Yorkers and both soon returned to the city Max setting up shop as a literary agent and Gene as an educational filmmaker and writer for television. They remained lifelong friends.