The Beat Generation & The Angry Young Men - Softcover

Feldman (Editor), Gene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193358646X ISBN 13: 9781933586465

Publisher: Stark House Press, 2012

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 this title

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.

Review:

The best from both schools... leavened with sharp-eyed critical commentaries from both sides of the water. --Time Magazine

A bloody cool collection. --Playboy

A great entry for people interested in checking out some of these iconic authors. --Bruce Grossman, Bookgasm

About this edition

• Publisher: Stark House Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 193358646X
• ISBN 13: 9781933586465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Gartenberg (Editor) Max