{"product_id":"9780141399010-the-best-minds-of-my-generation","title":"The Best Minds of My Generation","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Literary History of the Beats\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique history of the Beats, in the words of the movement's most  central member, Allen Ginsberg, based on a seminal series of his  lectures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem 'Howl', Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation - partly to preserve his own memories of those years. \u003ci\u003eThe Best Minds of My Generation\u003c\/i\u003e presents the best of these candid, intimate and illuminating lectures, revealing Kerouac, Burroughs and the rest of the Beats as Ginsberg knew them: friends, confidantes, literary mentors and fellow visionaries in a group who started a revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Marvellous . spellbinding . preserving intact the story of the literary movement Ginsberg led, promoted and never ceased to embody' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An awesome exhaustive feat . fascinatingly readable' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Astonishingly intimate . Full of penetrating insight and fascinating literary gossip, the book is a major contribution to the core Beat canon . situates the Beats in cultural history in a way that no other exploration of their work does' \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39546533412961,"sku":"9780141399010","price":11.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32248565.jpg?v=1737103180","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141399010-the-best-minds-of-my-generation","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}