Bibliograph

The best minds of my generation, a literary history of the Beats, Allen Ginsberg ; with a foreword by Anne Waldman ; edited by Bill Morgan

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The best minds of my generation, a literary history of the Beats, Allen Ginsberg ; with a foreword by Anne Waldman ; edited by Bill Morgan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-440)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The best minds of my generation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

960838463

Responsibility statement

Allen Ginsberg ; with a foreword by Anne Waldman ; edited by Bill Morgan

Sub title

a literary history of the Beats

Summary

"In 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem "Howl" and Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation. Through this course, which he taught first at the Narope Institute in Colorado, and later at Brooklyn College, Ginsberg saw an opportunity to present a full history of Beat literature and to record his own stories and memories, ones that might otherwise be lost to history. the result was a deeply intimate, wonderfully digressive, but revelatory set of lectures, which form the basis of this book. Compiled and edited by renowned Beat scholar Bill Morgan, and with an introduction by Anne Waldeman, The Best Minds of My Generation provides the lectures in a curated form, revealing the Beats as Ginsberg knew them: friends, confidantes, literary mentors, and fellow revolutionaries."--Jacket flap

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