Beat Generation FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Angelheaded Hipsters.

If you think modern culture is mundane and banal, imagine a post world war II society where conformity and nationalism ran rampant. The Beat Generation FAQ dives into those thinkers and writers who found themselves underwhelmed by the American exceptionalism that permeated society. From Allen Ginsberg's "Howl” and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (both of which resulted in obscenity trials), to modern day Socrates Jack Kerouac's On the Road, blamed for corrupting the youth. In their rejection of typical Americana, the Beat Generation writers experimented with language, drugs, sex, and even spirituality and all of that is gathered here in one volume.

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