Encyclopedia of beat literature / Hemmer, Kurt

Provides comprehensive coverage of the writers of the Beat generation, who emphasized experimental techniques, bohemian lifestyles, and rebellious attitudes, and whose writings had a profound effect on the literature and culture of the 1950s and '60s.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that introduce the major writers and great works of Beat literature, a movement characterized by experimental techniques, bohemian lifestyles, and rebellious attitudes.