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The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation rejected postwar conformity through spontaneous language, cross-media collaboration, and an aesthetics that valued authenticity and immediacy over refinement. Their experiments with open form and prophetic utterance opened new possibilities for what poetry and prose could attempt.

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