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60s literature - suggestions pls

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niceglasses · 24/04/2006 13:35

Am doing OU course and need some suggestions for some good 60s literature poetry/prose/UK/US. Its in relation to a sort of counter cultural question, so I suppose someone like Kerouac, but have never got on too well with him. Any ideas you cultural lot?

Many thanks in advance.........

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Bink · 24/04/2006 14:08

Found this \link{http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html#book\treasure chest of ideas}. Still trying to find a British equivalent.

zippitippitoes · 24/04/2006 14:05

do androids dream of electric sheep Philip k dick

suzywong · 24/04/2006 14:03

second for Kurt Vonnegut

He's sooooooooooooooo dry and clever

zippitippitoes · 24/04/2006 14:01

the autobiography of malcolm x

I find a few of these hard going to be honest, never managed to read a clockwork orange even though it's skinny lol

gladbag · 24/04/2006 13:59

You could look at other US 'beat generation' writers - William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti etc, or you could look at British equivalents from the 'Angry Young Men' brigade like Kinglsey Amis or Harold Pinter (if playscripts are of interest?)

BadHair · 24/04/2006 13:59

Charles Bukowski - virutally anything
Mailer's American Dream

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niceglasses · 24/04/2006 13:53

Yeah sorta scared of Kerouac and Burroughs.....should try Burroughs tho.

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zippitippitoes · 24/04/2006 13:50

allen ginsberg
kurt vonnegut
william burroughs

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niceglasses · 24/04/2006 13:46

Thank girls, great ideas. Keep em coming.........

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TwiglettTheWereHedgehog · 24/04/2006 13:44

oh that's a shame \link{http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/angelou/angelou_bio.html\maya angelou seems to be published mainly in 70s}

TwiglettTheWereHedgehog · 24/04/2006 13:42

would strongly recommend Maya Angelou .. I know she started in the 60s but not sure which titles are relevant .. (I know why the caged bird sings is fab if its 60s)
To Kill a Mockingbird and Catch 22 (Harper Lee / Joseph Heller respectively) One flew over the cuckoo's nest
The Feminine Mystique
I seem to remember that the kids' book ... Where the Wild Things Are was 1960s

zippitippitoes · 24/04/2006 13:40

electric kool aid acid test

one flew over the cuckoos nest
the bell jar
a clockwork orange