急求垮掉的一代的英文简介!以定义和背景为主，其他内.

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>>Brief Introduction

The Beat Generation is a term used to describe both a group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s,and the cultural phenomena that they wrote about and inspired (later sometimes called "beatniks").

The major works of Beat writing are Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956),William S.Burroughs's Naked Lunch (1959) and Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957).[1] Both Howl and Naked Lunch were the focus of obscenity trials that ultimately helped to liberalize what could be published in the United States.On the Road transformed Kerouac's friend Neal Cassady into a youth-culture hero.The members of the Beat Generation quickly developed a reputation as new bohemian hedonists,who celebrated non-conformity and spontaneous creativity.

The adjective beat had the connotations of "tired" or "down and out," but as used by Kerouac it included the paradoxical connotations of "upbeat","beatific",and the musical association of being "on the beat." The Beat writers emphasized a visceral engagement in worldly experiences combined with a quest for deeper spiritual understanding; many of them developed a strong interest in Buddhism.

Echoes of the Beat Generation can be seen throughout many other modern subcultures,such as "hippies" and "punks".

>>Background of the name

Author Jack Kerouac introduced the phrase "Beat Generation" in 1948,generalizing from his social circle to characterize the underground,anti-conformist youth gathering in New York at that time; the name came up in conversation with the novelist John Clellon Holmes (who published an early novel about the beat generation,titled Go,in 1952,along with a manifesto of sorts in the New York Times Magazine:"This is the beat generation").The adjective "beat" was introduced to the group by Herbert Huncke,though Kerouac expanded the meaning of the term.Other adjectives discussed by Holmes and Kerouac were "found" and "furtive".

Kerouac's claim that he had identified (and embodied) a new trend analogous to the influential Lost Generation might have seemed grandiose at the time,but in retrospect it's clear that he was correct -- though possibly largely because the prophecy was self-fulfilling.

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类似问题

类似问题1：麦田里的守望者和垮掉的一代英文评论我想找点英文材料,关于麦田里的守望者,垮掉的一代的英文评论,一定要是英文的,至少两个,一定要有评论的来源,来自哪个作者,哪本书.有页码更好.不然

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类似问题2：垮掉的一代怎么说in English?[英语科目]

Beat generation

类似问题3：请问,美国曾经的 “垮掉的一代” 英文怎么翻译呢?[语文科目]

Beat Generation

1956年,金斯堡的诗集《嚎叫及其他》在旧金山出版.翌年,凯鲁亚克的小说《在路上》发表；再过两年,巴罗斯的小说《赤裸的午餐》问世.这三部作品,从形式到内容,都具有鲜明的反传统特点,震动了美国文坛.人们或许是考虑到他们的诗作特有的跳动(英文字beat)节奏,或许是综观其作品"颓废"(英文字beat也有这种含义)的思想倾向,就以"垮掉的一代"(Beat Generation)来称呼这一新出现的作家群落.

类似问题4：我们是垮掉的一代吗、?

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