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Who were the beats? Not the sandle-clad "beatniks" of popular lore but dedicated writers, experimenters, skit improvisers, theorizers, hedonists, close friends, bisexual free lovers, shapers of the future. The beats hung out at Columbia university and cheap Times Square cafeterias, devouring ideas. David Creighton shows how the world has taken up their message. In Ecstasy of the Beats he gives a fresh portrait of Carolyn Cassady, "Queen of the Beats," and of the four major Beat writers.

Jack Kerouac's On the Road gave a pattern of adventure to restless youth, Allen Ginsberg donned a prophet's robe by writing Howl, William Burroughs warned against control mechanisms in Naked Lunch, and Neal Cassady's high-energy life made him an icon of freedom. Travelling widely to see where they lived, Creighton enriches the meaning of On the Road and other Beat classics. He invites the reader on the Beats' journey toward ever-deeper levels of understanding and provides interesting insight into Kerouacs French-Canadian roots.

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Título Ecstasy of the Beats: On the Road to Understanding
Autor David Creighton
Encuadernación Tapa blanda
Edición 2007 First Print
Páginas 320
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Dundurn Press, Toronto
Fecha de publicación 2007
Ilustrado Sí
ISBN 9781550027341 / 1550027344
Peso 1.14 libras (0.52 kg)
Dimensiones 8.96 x 6.08 x 0.77 pulgadas (22.76 x 15.44 x 1.96 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century, Beat generation
Dewey Decimal Code B

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David Creighton wrote two books and Losing the Empress(Dundurn), about the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, which led to a role in Robert Ballard's PBS documentary Lost Liners. He likes to travel luggage-free, staying in offbeat places like Amsterdam's Hotel Brian, but otherwise lives with his wife, Judy, in Burlington, Ontario.

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The Dundurn Group , 2007 317 pp. "Who the Beats were..." Illustrated with b&w photos. Corners lightly curled, small nick to rear cover. Bright clean copy.

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Dundurn Pr Ltd, 2007. Trade Paper. New. New Book; "The four major Beats' lives (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Neal Cassady) as an unfolding story. Travelling widely to see where they lived-gaining new insights into Kerouac's French-Canadian roots-author David Creighton enriches the meaning of 'On the Road' and other Beat classics. "