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ENGLISH 746

American Counterculture Literature, 1950-2001: Beat, Hippie, Punk

Graduate

Fall 2022

Topics

  • American counterculture
  • Beat literature
  • Hippie culture
  • Punk
  • Gender and sexuality

Readings

  • Howl
    Allen Ginsberg · 1956 · required
  • The Fall of America
    Allen Ginsberg · 1972 · required
  • Minor Characters
    Joyce Johnson · 1983 · required
  • On the Road
    Jack Kerouac · 1957 · required
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    Ken Kesey · 1962 · required
  • So Real It Hurts
    Lydia Lunch · 2019 · required
  • Early Work 1970–1979
    Patti Smith · 1994 · required
  • Beginning to See the Light: Sex, Hope, and Rock-and-Roll
    Ellen Willis · 1992 · required
  • The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
    Tom Wolfe · 1968 · required
  • Ginsberg, Allen “Howl” (1956) The Fall of America (1972)
    See source
  • Kerouac, Jack On the Road (1957)
    See source
  • Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962)
    See source
  • Lunch, Lydia So Real it Hurts (2019)
    See source
  • Smith, Patti Early Work 1970-1979 (1994)
    See source
  • Willis, Ellen Beginning to see the Light: Sex, Hope, and Rock-and-Roll (1992)
    See source
  • Wolfe, Tom The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test (1968)
    See source
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