... Beat Generation. In a slightly unbalanced relationship, Beat writers often molded their poetics and style after the playing of such jazz music. "Jazz writers," such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, upheld their poetic ideals to the techniques of jazz musicians, such as rhythm, improvisation, and call and response. The structure of creative writing underwent a change, as the importance of ... to emulate jazz performances. Bookstores and coffeehouse franchises have recently desensitized artistic audiences to the visceral release of artists reading their own work. But, in 1956, the parago...

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... grades in the study of Shakespeare. Jack Kerouac created and lived the Beat Generation in the 1950's. He had several friends whom also participated in the group such as Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and William S. Burroughs, which also made a large impact with their Beat beliefs and Beat poetry. World War II, also known as the Cold War and the beginning of ... the Beat Generation. "The Beat Generation was a group of American writers in the 1950's. Their writing expressed profound dissatisfaction with contemporary American society..."(Search Plus- Beat). Jack Kerouac and Allan Ginsberg w...

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... begin in Paterson, NJ, and over the course of seven years, never returning home, he manages to cross from east coast to west coast several times. With his friends Allen Ginsberg, Neil Cassady, and William Burroughs he encounters situations unheard of by the average man. With a notepad in hand he reveals consciousness itself, detailing every socialistic aspect of himself and others ... ...

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... my line"(Nicosia 142). Jack was obviously ashamed of his homosexual experiences and "fought all his life against the label queer"(Nicosia 154). In 1945, he wrote a letter to Allen Ginsberg trying to resolve the issue of his possible homosexuality. He stated that "the physical aspects of gay sex were disgusting; and though the desire for it might exist in his ... ...

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... and is always getting them into trouble. Chad King is a friend of Paradise in is the one that introduces Dean to him. Carlo Marx, who in real life is Allen Ginsberg, is one of his nearest friends and him, Dean and Sal have a very close relationship, but sometimes Carlo and Dean leave Sal aside. Tim Gray is another friend of him ... ...

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