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Started in the 1940s on the East coast and transplanted to the West coast in the 1950s

Started in the 1940s on the East coast and transplanted to the West coast in the 1950s San Francisco became “the heart” of the Beat Movement. The Beat Movement. “a group of writers interested in changing consciousness and defying conventional writing”

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Started in the 1940s on the East coast and transplanted to the West coast in the 1950s

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  1. Started in the 1940s on the East coast and transplanted to the West coast in the 1950s • San Francisco became “the heart” of the Beat Movement The Beat Movement

  2. “a group of writers interested in changing consciousness and defying conventional writing” • “The battle against social conformity and literary tradition was central to the work of the Beats.” The Meaning Behind the Writing

  3. The Beatniks • Allen Ginsberg • Gary Snyder • Lawrence Ferlinghetti • Gregory Corso • Diane di Prima • Neal Cassady • Anne Waldman • Michael McClure • William S. Burroughs • Jack Kerouac

  4. Two All Time Influentials Allen Ginsberg Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  5. Ginzy • Born in Newark, New Jersey, on June 3, 1926 • Jewish • Best friends with Jack Kerouac • Author of “Howl”

  6. “Howl” was written in 1956 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVGoY9gom50

  7. Ferlinghetti • Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1919 • B.A. from the University of North Carolina, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne • 1953, Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin began to publish City Lightsmagazine • opened the City Lights Books Shop in San Francisco to help support the magazine • In 1955, they launched City Light Publishing

  8. “A Coney Island of the Mind” was written in 1958 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUyx6Xa0JSs&feature=related

  9. Allen Ginsberg • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVGoY9gom50 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF8ay-WUhXs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkMi3lsVYA&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvzdzwPVZU&NR=1

  10. Lawrence Ferlinghetti • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUyx6Xa0JSs&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKCblAJtzgE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q34-QN9qnEQ&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrc96uGWyrE&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrHv6IASWQ4 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViPVtijys2c

  11. Works Cited • "City Lights Books." City Lights Books. City Lights, n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. <http://www.citylights.com/ferlinghetti • Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. "A Coney Island of the Mind." A Coney Island of the mind: poems. New York: New Directions, 1958. 3-4, 42. Print. • Lawrence Ferlinghetti." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. <www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/367>.

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