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Chapter 3 - Hipsters in the Zoo

How the Beats Came Up from the Underground

from Part II - Underground to Literary Celebrity (1948–1957)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2020

Steven Belletto
Affiliation:
Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
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This chapter explains how the Beat sensibility emerged from the New York underground in the mid- to late 1940s.

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The Beats
A Literary History
, pp. 35 - 38
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Hipsters in the Zoo
  • Steven Belletto, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
  • Book: The Beats
  • Online publication: 20 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316817179.006
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  • Hipsters in the Zoo
  • Steven Belletto, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
  • Book: The Beats
  • Online publication: 20 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316817179.006
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  • Hipsters in the Zoo
  • Steven Belletto, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
  • Book: The Beats
  • Online publication: 20 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316817179.006
Available formats
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