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The Beat Generation was a literary movement of the 1950s and early 1960s featuring writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg who rebelled against mainstream American society through experimental writing styles and countercultural themes. The movement matters because it challenged conventional literature and social values, influencing later generations' attitudes toward art, spirituality, and individual freedom.
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- Instance of
- literary movement
- Has part
- Joyce Johnson
- Notable work
- Howl
- Founded by
- Allen Ginsberg
- Image
- Ginsberg-leary-lilly.jpg
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- Commons category
- Beat Generation
- topic's main category
- Category:Beat Generation
- influenced by
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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