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Allen Ginsberg and the Beat Generation - Coggle Diagram
Allen Ginsberg and the Beat Generation
post-war America
During the 1950s
American experimented a sense of uniformity
the impact of technology and consumerism on everyday life increased
not all Americans shared the same cultural values
some poets like, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac stressed spirituality and intuition over reason
the Beats strongly challenged the accepted patterns of decorum and shocked the American society
The Beat Generation poets
The Beat movement started during the 1950s in Francisco
it included poets like Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Kerouac
the poems written by Ginsberg are works of great visionary and anarchic power that represent the Beats' breaking of rules
they also broke metrical rules, with the departure from the tradition of ordered, well-shaped lyrics
they became the symbol of a generation which rejected conventional social values and they expressed dissatisfaction of American society
Ginsberg's poetry is highly typical of the 1950s, with treatments of sex, drugs, music and mystical visions
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the Beat Generation was a literary movement started by a group of authors that explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-world war 2
central elements of Beat culture are:
rejection of standard narrative values
making spiritual quest
exploration of American and Eastern religions
rejection of materialism
explicit portrayals of the human condition
experimentation with psychedelic drugs
sexual liberation
Howl and On the Road are considered obscenity trials that helped to liberalize publishing in the US
the members of the Beat generation developed a reputation as new bohemian hedonist
they celebrated non conformity and spontaneous creativity
during the 1960s the member of the Beat generation were incorporated into the hippy and larger counterculture movements
in conclusion Ginsberg's work also became an integral element of early 1960s hippie culture
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Beats wrote in an authentic, unfettered style, with a spontaneous writing
they expanded they consciousness and exploration on hallucinogenic drugs, sexual freedom, Eastern religion and the natural world
they took inspiration from jazz musicians, surrealist, metaphysical poets, visionary poets, haiku and Zen poetry
they rejected institutionalised American values, materialism, conformity