|
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies
|
Buy Now
The Typewriter Is Holy - The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation (Paperback)
Loot Price: R439
Discovery Miles 4 390
|
|
|
The Typewriter Is Holy - The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation (Paperback)
 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R439
Discovery Miles 4 390
Expected to ship within 18 - 22 working days
|
Anyone who cares to understand the cultural ferment of America in
the later twentieth century must know of the writings and lives of
those scruffy bohemians known as the Beats. In this highly
entertaining work, Bill Morgan, the country s leading authority on
the movement and a man who personally knew most of the Beat
writers, narrates their history, tracing their origins in the 1940s
to their influence on the social upheaval of the 1960s. The Beats,
through their words and nonconformist lives, challenged staid
postwar America. They believed in free expression, dabbled in free
love, and condemned the increasing influence of military and
corporate culture in our national life. But the Beats were not
saints. They did too many drugs and consumed too much booze. The
fervent belief in spontaneity that characterized their lives and
writings destroyed some friendships. As we watch their peripatetic
lives and sexual misadventures, we are reminded above all that
while their personal lives may not have been holy, their
typewriters and their lasting words very much were."
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(2)
(4)
