Re: Is Salinger from the Beat Generation?
cinnimon@ns.vvm.com
Thu, 09 Jul 1998 23:04:11 +0000
I don't know much about the Beat Generation either, but in _Seymour_, Salinger does
say:
"I'm sure...Dharma Bums,...the Beat and the Sloppy and the Pentulant,...the
Zen-Killers,..."
and so on. Like I said, I don't know very much about the Beats, but I know Dharma
Bums most likely referrs to Jack Kerouac's book _The Dharma Bums_. It is true,
however, that the _Seymour_ was written before _The Dharma Bums_ was published, but
Salinger most likely went back and edited it and added it in. Just a thought-unless
they were friends previously and Kerouac had mentioned it before.
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> Comrades,
>
>
> I've had this question in the back of my mind for a
> long time, and I guess this would probably be the
> best place to ask it:
>
> " Is J.D. Salinger from the Beat Generation? "
>
> I mean, he was writing and doing his thing around the
> same time as those guys, and his writing is kinda
> stream-of-conscious, for the moment, live-life kinda
> stuff... I dunno, I am not exactly an expert on the
> Beat Generation, some Ivy League professor on this
> list will probably chew me out for saying all this,
> but to ME he certainly does seem to be a part of the
> whole Beat movement... Or at least inspired by the
> Beat Generation... Or maybey vice versa... But good
> lord, there has to be SOME connection! :-)
>
>
> In Solidarity,
>
>
> Ian Mayes
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