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Beat Generation: Allen Ginsberg
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Bob Dylan, The Beatles were heavily influenced by the Beat Generation. Members like Allen Ginsberg were influential in the anti-war movement. Others who were influenced include: Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Country Joe and the Fish, Crosby Stills Nash and Young. The Beat Generation were followed by the hippies, anti-war movement, which led to the environmental movement, deep ecology and Earth First!
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The beat generation was really a response to the Second World War that had just ended. Questions arose about the old way of life and social rules that people were supposed to adhere to. A lot of the questions that the beats asked were greeted with court trials and the attempted banning of their material. Ginsberg’s and Burrough’s literature was subject to bans. One of Ginsberg’s most famous poems, Howl, still cannot be played on daytime American radio.
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These cards were produced as promotional giveaways for the long out-of-print 36-card Beat Generation boxed set, released on the 40th anniversary of "Howl.". Five of the best known '50s beatniks were selected to promote the larger set: Lenny Bruce (No. 1), William Burroughs (No. 2), Allen Ginsberg (No. 3), Jack Kerouac (No. 4) and Thelonious Monk (No.
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The recent deaths of gay writers William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Herbert Huncke ended one of the most influential literary movements in American history: the Beat Generation. Burroughs was the Beats' father figure and literary innovator; Ginsberg its publicist and poet laureate; and Huncke the flamboyant figure who inspired the Beat writers and introduced the word "beat" to their vocabulary.
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