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Published: August 17, 2006
One of the original members of the beat generation, Jack Kerouac and the beats in America closely resembled the bohemians in Paris.
They each grew out of a society recovering from war and both held deep aversions to materialism and consumer culture.
While attending Columbia College in New York, Kerouac met other key members of the beat generation, such as Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, who influenced Kerouac's writing style.
In 1950 Kerouac wrote his most famous novel On the Road chronicling the first of his many road trips across America. The novel illustrates his original writing style, called spontaneous prose, which became a major aspect of beat writing style. After the book was published in 1958, Kerouac was heralded as King of the Beatniks and the voice of the beat generation.
Much of his other writings, including The Dharma Bums and The Subterraneans, went on to influence other generations of writers, particularly Hunter S. Thompson and Ken Kesey, who were part of the hippie subculture during the 1960s.
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While attending Columbia College in New York, Kerouac met other key members of the beat generation, such as Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, who influenced Kerouac's writing style.
In 1950 Kerouac wrote his most famous novel On the Road chronicling the first of his many road trips across America. The novel illustrates his original writing style, called spontaneous prose, which became a major aspect of beat writing style. After the book was published in 1958, Kerouac was heralded as King of the Beatniks and the voice of the beat generation.
Much of his other writings, including The Dharma Bums and The Subterraneans, went on to influence other generations of writers, particularly Hunter S. Thompson and Ken Kesey, who were part of the hippie subculture during the 1960s.
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