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Authors, American 20th century Correspondence Beat generation Biography Burroughs, William S 1914- Cassady, Neal Documentary films Ginsberg, Allen 1926-1977 Ginsberg, Allen 1926-1997 Correspondence Kerouac, Jack 1922-1969 Correspondence National characteristics, American, in literature Social change United States History 20th centuryBurroughs, William S.
Summary: Presenting a glimpse into the private life of the misunderstood writer, this collection of letters from the 1960s and 1970s reveals the era in which Burroughs became an influential artistic and cultural leader beyond the literary world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 816.54 BURKerouac, Jack
Summary: The first collection of letters between the two leading figures of the Beat movement. Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg are the most celebrated names of the Beat Generation, linked together not only by their shared artistic sensibility but also by a deep and abiding friendship, one that colored their lives and greatly influenced their writing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 KERTiersen, Yann.
Contents: J'y suis jamais allé (1:31) -- Rue des Cascades (4:01) -- Pas si simple (1:51) -- Comptine d'été no. 2 (2:12) -- Comptine d'été no. 3 (1:49) -- Déjà loin (2:53) -- La chambre (1:47) -- Mouvement introductif (2:22) -- La muette (3:37) -- Naomi (4:06) -- Soir de fête (2:52) -- Le vieux en veut encore (1:42) -- Toujours là (1:10) -- C'était ici (1:33) -- Prière no. 2 (1:22) -- Comptine no. 1...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgin 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TIESummary: Filmmaker Chuck Workman explores the lives, works and influence of four leading lights of the "Beat Generation" of the 1950s: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Neal Cassady. Cutting back and forth between archival footage of his subjects and readings of selections from the authors' works, he creates a fast-paced collage of images that show how the Beats became the dominant...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SOUSummary: Reflections from America's prominent writers on the seminal poem "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg, on the eve of its fiftieth anniversary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2006