Ben Jackson
Well-known member
Beat Generation is a literary movement which explored US/East religion, rejection of economic materialism and exploitation of psychedlic drugs and sexual liberation. Influences in this movement include Breton, Rimbaud, Blake, Poe, Artaud, Proust and Joyce. Key members include Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Ferlingetti, Gary Synder, Gregory Corso and William Burroughs. Beats influenced songwriters like Beatles, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Lou Reed, Jim Morrison and Patti Smith.