The Beats: A Very Short Introduction

This book offers a concise overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beat Generation, explaining how their drastic visions and radical styles challenged postwar America's dominant values in ways that can still be felt in literature, cinema, music, theatre, and the visual arts.

• | By (Author): David (Professor Emeritus Of Theatre And Film, Professor Emeritus Of Theatre And Film, Long Island University) Sterritt
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• | Publication Date: Jul 25, 2013
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 144 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0199796777
• | ISBN-13: 9780199796779