Beat Generation
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The Beat Generation was a mid-20th-century American literary and cultural movement known for its rejection of conventional values, exploration of spirituality and sexuality, and influential works by writers like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs.
Aliases (6)
- Beat Generation writers ×2
- Beat poets ×2
- Beat Generation literature ×1
- Beat Generation novels ×1
- Beat Generation poets ×1
- The Beat Generation ×1
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural movement
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literary movement → |
| centeredIn |
New York City
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San Francisco → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| genre |
essays
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memoir → novels → poetry → |
| hasMainSubject |
Buddhism
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Eastern philosophy → counterculture → drug use → jazz → nonconformity → sexuality → spirituality → spontaneous prose → travel → |
| hasNotableMember |
Allen Ginsberg
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Gary Snyder → Gregory Corso → Herbert Huncke → Jack Kerouac → Lawrence Ferlinghetti → Neal Cassady → Peter Orlovsky → William S. Burroughs → |
| hasNotableWork |
Dharma Bums
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Howl → Junkie → Kaddish → Naked Lunch → On the Road → |
| inception |
mid-20th century
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| influenced |
1960s counterculture
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Beatniks → New Left → hippie movement → performance poetry → postmodern literature → rock music lyrics → spoken word poetry → |
| influencedBy |
Dada
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Romanticism → Surrealism → Transcendentalism → Zen Buddhism → jazz music → modernism → |
| language |
English
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| mainRegion |
North America
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United States → |
| movementCharacteristic |
critique of materialism
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experimentation with form → exploration of consciousness → open discussion of sexuality → rejection of conventional values → road narratives → spontaneous composition → stream-of-consciousness writing → urban settings → use of taboo language → |
| relatedConcept |
Beatnik
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Black Mountain poets → Confessional poetry → San Francisco Renaissance → |
| timePeriod |
1940s
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1950s → 1960s → |