Beat Movement
Beat MovementThe "Beat Movement" in modern literature has become an important period in
the history of literature and society in America. Incorporating influences such
as jazz, art, literature, philosophy and religion, the beat writers created a new
and prophetic vision of modern life and changed the way a generation of people
sees the world. That generation is mow aging and its representative voices are
becoming lost to eternity, but the message is alive and well. The Beats have
forever altered the nature of American consciousness. The Beat Generation of
writers offered the world a new attitude. They brought to society a
consciousness of life worth living. They offered a method of escape from the
stultifying, unimaginative world we live in, through the exploration of one's
intellect. Beat has had many different contemporary implications in music,
poetry and literature. Literature has been liberated considerably. The poetic
form has been changed to inaugurate a new poetic form, an American form.
"There was less emphasis on tradition and more emphasis on the individual
talent. (www.rohan.sdsu.edu)" One of the most important contributions to
contemporary verse was to take poetry out of the classrooms and into
non-academic setting�coffee houses, jazz clubs, large public auditoriums and
even athletic stadiums. Poetry is more popular and more read than anytime in
history, not only spoken poetry but also sung poetry of a high order. "The
literature, coordinated by pop music, with a way of dressing, with a way of life,
it something that has influenced the youth of the world not only in Western
countries but Eastern countries as well. (www.charm.net)" Music has been
influenced greatly by Beat writing. The lyrics of many great songs have
forever been changed by the writing of the Beat Generation. "Bob Dylan's
favorite poet was Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg became one of Dylan's greatest
friends. He worked on many projects with Dylan...The band Rage Against the
Machine has many of Ginsberg's poems and words show up...
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