Bronski Beat

most acclaimed poets, popular icons, and leading figures of the Beat Generation era. Allen Ginsberg was known for his most popular poem “Howl”, in which he described his views society and his longing for freedom. Ginsberg rose to his fame during the Beat Generation movement by contributing to the era with his reluctance to conform to the rules, narrow views of society, lack of freedom and repression of one’s voice or opinions. The Beat Generation movement was a group of poets who were rebels in a

essay entitled “The Beat Generation ans San Francisco's Culture of Dissent” by Nancy J. Peters, talks about the Beat Generation, Bohemianism and other issues in the '90's that affected America's literature and poetry today. The Beat Generation emerged in the 1950's and they were a group of artist's, writer's and poets. The term “beat” was coined by Jack Kerouac, author and poet, who is perhaps the most recognized name and face of the group.There were many recurring topics in the Beats' poetry that later

experience with oppression directly mirrors the experience of modern day homosexuality; in essence, very little had changed since then. Ginsberg was born in year 1926 in Newark, New Jersey. Later in life he became a part of the 1950’s beat generation. The beat generation was a time of non-conformity and spontaneous acts.

himself named the 'Beats.' Kerouac saw the beats as people who rebel against everything accepted to gain freedom and expression. Although he has been highly criticized for his lack of writing skills, he made a novel that is both realistic and enjoyable to read. He has a complete disregard for developed of plot or characters, yet his descriptions are incredible. Kerouac?s novel On the Road defined the post World War II generation known as the 'beats.'      The motivation behind the beat movement was

Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” is a thought-provoking piece used to epitomize and give a voice the Beat Movement of the mid-20th century as they sought to reject nearly every aspect of society. Within his writing, he is quite literally “howling” his frustration regarding the conformism plaguing the population and seeks to abolish that by showing and protesting the havoc it has wreaked on even the best, most brilliant minds of his time. In what became an early forerunner to more modern calls for non-conformist

The Beat Generation an inspiration to many The beat generation was a movement that sought to oppose American society values, and any sort of control. They explored Eastern religions, was somewhat postmodernism, rejected the materialistic culture, spoke about drugs, our conscious mind, and fought for sexual liberation and exploration with their unapologetically offensive language. While reading the novel Jitterbug Perfume written by Tom Robbin, one can witness how the novel exhibits aspects of the

mentally insane to avoid jail time. Ginsberg was then put into mental health facilities to hopefully overcome his mental disorders and awaited release. After his release he focused on poetry before moving to San Francisco to join the Beat Movement in 1954. The Beat Movement was literary movement of authors to express themselves and influence others. There, Ginsberg found a male lover Peter Orlovsky who was a model in San Francisco. As years past, the Vietnam War started and during this time Ginsburg

over the Cuckoo’s nest. Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest is a creation of the socio-cultural context of his time. Social and cultural values, attitudes and beliefs informed his invited reading of his text. Ken Kesey was a part of The Beat generation and many of their ideologies and the socio cultural context of U.S post WWII were evident through characters and various discourses throughout One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, giving us his invited reading. Ken Kesey is against conformity

The Beat Generation: Vulnerable Victims or Inviolable Individuals? The Concept of Vulnerability in Memoirs of a Beatnik and On the Road Vulnerability is often one-dimensionally viewed as the degree to which mishaps, pain and shame are allowed to enter into one’s life. However it is also the birthplace of creativity and basis for a feeling of self-worthiness. Thereby vulnerability creates authenticity. There are various different definitions of vulnerability according to the field in which

The Beat Generation of America "But then they danced down the street like dingledoolies, and I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles, exploding like spiders across the starts, and in the middle you see