The core group of Beat Generation authors- Herbert Huncke, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Lucien Carr, and Kerouac-met in 1944 in and around the Columbia University campus in New York City. The members of the Beat Generation developed a reputation as new bohemian hedonists, who celebrated non-conformity and spontaneous creativity.
Both Howl and Naked Lunch were the focus of obscenity trials that ultimately helped to liberalize publishing in the United States. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959), and Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957) are among the best known examples of Beat literature. The central elements of Beat culture are the rejection of standard narrative values, making a spiritual quest, the exploration of American and Eastern religions, the rejection of economic materialism, explicit portrayals of the human condition, experimentation with psychedelic drugs, and sexual liberation and exploration. The bulk of their work was published and popularized by Silent Generationers in the 1950s, better known as Beatniks.
The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
For the play, see Beat Generation (play). For the subculture surrounding the literary movement, see Beatnik.
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