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The Beats : a graphic history  Cover Image Book Book

The Beats : a graphic history

Pekar, Harvey. (Author). Piskor, Ed. (Added Author). Buhle, Paul, 1944- (Added Author).

Summary: Details the history of the Beat movement, which began in the 1940s, and describes the lives of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs; along with other writers, artists, and events in a graphic novel format.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780809016495
  • ISBN: 0809016494
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 199 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hill & Wang, 2010.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note: The Beats: Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs. Jack Kerouac / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Allen Ginsberg / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- William S. Burroughs / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- The Beats: perspectives. The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Michael McClure / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Philip Whalen / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Between Rexroth and Gary Snyder in the Bay Area / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Robert Duncan / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Gregory Corso / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- LeRoi Jones / Amiri Baraka / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Charles Olson / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Robert Creeley / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- City Lights and the Beats in San Francisco / Paul Buhle and Nancy J. Peters, art by Jay Kinney -- Kenneth Patchen / Harvey Pekar and Nick Thorkelson, art by Nick Thorkelson -- Lamantia / Nancy J. Peters and Penelope Rosemont, art by Summer McClinton -- Gary Snyder / Harvey Pekar, art by Peter Kuper -- Diane di Prima / Harvey Pekar and Mary Fleener, art by Mary Fleener -- The janitor / story and art by Jerome Neukirch -- Beatnik Chicks / Joyce Brabner, art by Summer McClinton -- Jay DeFeo: the Rose / Trina Robbins, art by Anne Timmons -- Art Beats / story and art by Gary Dumm -- Jazz and poetry / Harvey Pekar, art by Lance Tooks -- The harassment of d.a. levy / Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle, art by Gary Dumm -- Tuli Kupferberg / Jeffrey Lewis and Tuli Kupferberg, art by Jeffrey Lewis.
Subject: Kerouac, Jack 1922-1969
Cassady, Neal
Cassady, Carolyn
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Ginsberg, Allen 1926-1997
McClure, Michael
Di Prima, Diane
Burroughs, William S 1914-1997
Snyder, Gary 1930-
Rexroth, Kenneth 1905-1982
Beat generation Comic books, strips, etc
Beat generation Sources
Beats (Persons) Poetry
Authors, American 20th century Interviews
Poets, American California San Francisco 20th century
Poets, American New York (State) New York 20th century
Beat generation California San Francisco Biography
Beat generation New York (State) New York Biography
American literature 20th century History and criticism
Zen Buddhism Influence
Genre: Graphic novels.

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GRAPHIC NOVEL 810.9005 PEKAR ( Send Text)
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