A collection of criticism that applies to the Beat Generation as one cohesive literary movement. If you’re looking for something on a particular author or poet, please refer to his or her respective page for more information.
The Beat Generation:
- Cold War Correspondents: Ginsberg, Kerouac, Cassady, and the Political Economy of Beat Letters by Oliver Harris from Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Summer, 2000).
- The 1960s and the Transformation of Campus Cultures by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz from History of Education Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring, 1986).
- Beat Generation: Beat: Beatniks by Peter Tamony from Western Folklore, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1969).
- Those Beats! by Marilyn Coffey from Social Text, No. 9/10, The 60’s without Apology (Spring – Summer, 1984).
- On the Holy Road: The Beat Movement as Spiritual Protest by Stephen Prothero from The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 84, No. 2 (Apr., 1991).
- Off the Road: Alternative Views of Rebellion, Resistance and ‘The Beats’ by Linda McDowell from Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1996).
- The Origin of Beatnik by Richard Rex from American Speech, Vol. 50, No. 3/4 (Autumn – Winter, 1975).
- The Jazz-Poetry Connection by Barry Wallenstein from Performing Arts Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3 (1980).
- Poetry and Jazz: A Twentieth-Century Wedding by Barry Wallenstein from Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 25, No. 3, Literature of Jazz Issue, (Autumn, 1991).
Unpublished Essays
