AMCULT 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Neal Cassady, John Clellon Holmes, Allen Ginsberg
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Beat cast of characters (organized by recognition by popular culture) 1: jack kerouac, allen ginsberg, neal cassady, william burroughs. 2: john clellon holmes, lucian carr, gregory corso, lawrence ferlinghetti, huncke, 3: michael mcclure, diane diprima, kenneth rexroth, ted jones, denise levertov, anne. 1922: born in lowell, massachusetts to french canadian parents (leo and gabrielle) Siblings: older sister caroline, brother gerard who died at age 9 (jack bared weight of death) Privileged education: altar boy, skipped 6th grade, member of writer"s club, began to write a novel at age 11, played football, baseball, and track in high school scholarship to columbia. Columbia university (1940-1942): played halfback, chess, quit football after getting angry at his coach after he broke his leg during a game dedicated time to writing. 1926: born in newark, new jersey to parents louis and naomi ginsberg (brother. Louis ginsberg: moderately successful poet, high school teacher, jewish democratic. Naomi ginsberg: communist, nudist, becomes tragically insane during early adulthood.
