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The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was a generation of beat, down wanderers, who traveled the continent trying to find the answer to why we are here and what here is. Some of the founders, of this movement were Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, who then was under the name of William Lee, and Allen Ginsberg. The Beats rejected the conventional American life style. As survivors of the World War II and preys of consumerism, ....
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.... of while listening to jazz. Spontaneous prose was the style of being true to ones beliefs and idealisms, and this reflected the beats movement and spontaniety.
Jazz was definitely an essential for the beats in the Beat Generation. Jazz was a form of music created by African Americans. It was a mix of American and African music. Jazz had big attractions and influences on the Beats. Jazz could easily give the beats kicks because they were both considered to be minority, ....
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