A01=Herbert Huncke
Allen Ginsberg
Archetype generational talent
Author_Herbert Huncke
beat generation
Book of shorter works
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Guilty of Everything
Huncke's Journal
Huncke’s Journal
Inspiration for other writers
Jack Kerouac
Literary essay collection
New York underground
Original Beat diaries
Poems memoirs letters
Previously unpublished stories
The Evening Sun Turned Crimson
William Burroughs
Product details
- ISBN 9780747540076
- Weight: 630g
- Dimensions: 152 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 04 Jun 1998
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Herbert Huncke was the original Beat. A hustler, carny, addict, petty thief, street philosopher, and chronicler of the demimonde, he was the archetype on which a generation modeled itself.
In the 1940s, Huncke befriended the young William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, guiding them through New York's underground and introducing them to a world of volatile experience they had never imagined. His extraordinary ability to relate his life story in pared-down, unaffected prose inspired them to create a new type of literature, free of constraint and self-consciousness. Huncke's work is a vital part of Beat literature, but until now has remained relatively unknown.
The Herbert Huncke Reader includes the full texts of Huncke's long out-of-print classics, Huncke's Journal and The Evening Sun Turned Crimson; excerpts from his autobiography, Guilty of Everything; and a wide selection from his unpublished letters and diaries.
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