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In the conservative 1950s, a small group of unknown poets, writers, and assorted outcasts, among them Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gregory Corso, unwittingly inspired a bloodless revolution that changed literature and lifestyle forever. "Young adults will appreciate the poems, which demonstrate the rage and sensuality of the times."--Kirkus Reviews
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 9 UpKherdian hung out with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and other icons of the Beat domain; he heard their disdain and absorbed their inspired agony. Here, he has gathered a representative sampling of their work, both East and West Coast poets, both well-known and incidental. Ginsberg's epic ``Howl'' appropriately opens the volume. Kaufman's ``Bagel Shop Jazz'' offers one of the best looks at the movement with its ``turtle-neck angel guys'' and ``mulberry-eyed girls in black stockings...lost in a dream world where time is told with a beat.'' The lines are harsh, speaking of abuse, drugs, sex, and carnage amid hope and dreams. The words are oft confusing, sometimes seemingly random, but always flailing against that brick wall of convention. With an open mind and ear, readers can gather a pretty good sense of the thoughts and lives of these confused, mighty, and eloquent writers. Brief bios offer a fleeting additional glimpse. For a condensed and intense view of one aspect of this troubled generation, Beat Voices can't be beat. The poetry is palpable and powerful. While perhaps not for everyone's tastes, these lines of poetry and sometimes prose offer a vision of the movement that challenged authority, religion, common sense, and life in general. Today's YAs should be able to relate to their intent, if not their specific words and references.Sharon Korbeck, Waupaca Area Public Library, WI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
Back in 1960, before he began writing for children, Newbery Honor author Kherdian (The Road from Home) carved out a berth for himself among the Beat poets of San Francisco; as he writes in his introduction to this highly personal anthology, he was among the first to publish articles about their work, and he knew the central figures intimately. Here he highlights the rebellious and bohemian spirit of the times with poems by Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima and many others. With an essay by Holt editor Marc Aronson, brief biographical sketches of the poets and an excellent bibliography, this book offers a lively and historically useful entree to the Beat movement. In Kherdian's view, the '50s and early '60s comprise ``the last period'' in which poetry ``that is alive, that breathes, that touches our soul'' was written. While his selection does not always reflect the best work of individual poets, the volume itself plunges the reader into the teeming life of the ``angelheaded hipsters'' (Ginsberg) who watch ``the world walk by in its curious shoes'' (Lawrence Ferlinghetti). Ages 14-up. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
An interesting compilation of poetry and prose provides a taste of the artistry of the 1950s 'beat generation' poets. Biographical notes are useful, although readers may not understand many of the literary and cultural references within the poetry. The volume will help expand traditional poetry collections, but be forewarned that many of the poems use explicit language about sex, drugs, and alcohol. From HORN BOOK 1995, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
With the resurgence of interest in the Beats comes this timely anthology of both poetry and prose selections. The collection features words from Jack Kerouac's On the Road and Allen Ginsberg's Howl, along with pieces from such lights as Charles Bukowski, Neal Cassady, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Amiri Baraka (who was LeRoi Jones), Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen. Kherdian chooses well, encompassing a representative sampling of major poets of the era, including a few women. Young adults will appreciate the poems, which demonstrate the rage and sensuality of the times, but in context, not just for shock. There is also useful information in the introduction and in ``After the Beat: On to the Hippies.'' The brief biographical notes at the end are quite helpful. The volume introduces the ambivalence of the age and would make a welcome gift not only for teenagers, but for their parents, as well. (Poetry. 12+)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 9-12. Every rebel who feels outside of "the soothing hum of everyday life" will find something to read here. The jacket portrait of a young man in shades and grunge will grab teens--and they won't be disappointed. Starting with Ginsberg's Howl, and including a wide range of writers, most of them male, from Ferlinghetti and Corso to Snyder and Whalen, the anthology introduces some of the best Beat writers in all their outrageousness and music. In his introduction, Kherdian remembers how he felt as a young poet who found the Beats to be his refuge from "the stupefying 1950s." Yet there's no nostalgia: in a fine essay, Marc Aronson warns about the slick imitators and pretenders, then and now. Some poets write about drugs, alcohol, and free love, gay and straight; and although there was a high incidence of breakdown and suicide among them, their works reveal their personal commitment, their respect for nature and for justice and for words. The long excerpt from Kerouac' s On the Road is like a credo. Creative writing groups will want this; so will students in humanizing history courses on the 1950s. --Hazel Rochman