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Author:

Morgan, Bill, 1949-

Title:

The typewriter is holy : the complete, uncensored history of the Beat generation / Bill Morgan.

Edition:

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Free Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xxi, 291 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Beat generation.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-273) and index.

Contents:

Friendship and murder -- The Lumpen world -- The Adonis of Denver -- Insanity -- The subterraneans -- Literary lives -- The name of a generation -- To the West coast -- Nightmare of Moloch -- The six gallery -- Desolation and loneliness -- Censorship and vindication -- Fame -- The threads loosen -- The circle widens -- Cut-ups -- Bitter fruits -- Setting the global stage -- A culture turned upside down -- The Sixties -- The end of the road -- Aftermath -- Respectability -- Acceptance -- Postscript.

ISBN:

1416592423 (alk. paper)
9781416592426 (alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)456729615

LCCN:

2009042224

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)