The Beat Hotel: Ginsberg, Burroughs and Corso in Paris, 1958-1963

The Beat Hotel is a delightful chronicle of a remarkable moment in American literary history. From the Howl obscenity trial to the invention of the cut-up technique, Barry Miles's extraordinary narrative chronicles the feast of ideas that was Paris, where the Beats took awestruck audiences with Duchamp and Celine, and where some of their most important work came to fruition--Ginsberg's Kaddish and To Aunt Rose; Corso's The Happy Birthday of Death; and Burroughs's Naked Lunch. Based on firsthand accounts from diaries, letters, and many original interviews, The Beat Hotel is an intimate look at an era of spirit, dreams, and genius.

Author: Barry Miles
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 06/27/2001
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.03h x 5.96w x 0.82d
ISBN13: 9780802138170
ISBN10: 0802138179
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical