"convencion" - 1 õppematerjal

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Liberation of time. They were rebels without a cause. Keromach, Allen Ginsberg Lawrence Ferlinghetti Burroughs Allen Ginsberg The most famous beatnik, beat poet. He explored the human psyche with a sense of humour. Best know for his long poem Howl. Published 1955. This poem became a manifesto of beat literature. Ferlinghetti had a bookstore back then and he made public readings of the poem. The speaker of the poem is sad because art is restricted, people have given in to convencion. Jack Kerouac. French Canadian. 1940 he joined the Columbia Uni. During the II WW He joined the merchant marine. After he returned after the war he didn't really have a real job. He travelled a lot. ,,On the Road", his most famous book, wasn't published at the beginning. First novel wasn't a succsess. It's the prose bible of the movement. About young people who travelled to get a kick. They are uprooted, they don't have any roots, they are searching for something but