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Using Substances to Expand Literary Ideas

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Using Substances to Expand Literary Ideas

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A discussion about the use of drink and drugs in literature.

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Beat poets sought to liberate poetry from academic preciosity and bring it “back to the streets.” They read their poetry, sometimes to the accompaniment of progressive jazz, in such Beat strongholds as the Coexistence Bagel Shop and Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s City Lights bookstore in San Francisco.

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Beat writers originated out of New York, San Francisco, and California, focusing on the ideals of social justice for society. They believed they should be able to think for themselves. Their works were portrayed through writing, music, and cultural diversity.

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The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950

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The beat generation is a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era

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The original members of the Beat Generation used a number of different drugs, including alcohol, marijuana, benzedrine, morphine, and later psychedelic drugs such as peyote, Ayahuasca, and LSD. The use of drugs was a key influence on many of the social events of the time that were personal to the Beat generation

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The phrase "Beat Generation" was invented by Jack Kerouac in 1948. The phrase was introduced to the general public in 1952 when Kerouac's friend John Clellon-Holmes wrote an article, 'This is the Beat Generation,' for the New York Times Magazine.

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Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac

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A short biography of Jack Kerouac, writer and pioneer of the Beat Generation. He epitomized the era of sex, drugs, alcohol, and jazz through his novel "On the

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originating in the 1950s and centred in the bohemian artist communities of San Francisco’s North Beach, Los Angeles’ Venice West.