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beat poet, n. orig. U.S.
Brit. |ˌbiːt ˈpəʊɪt|, U.S. |ˈbit ˈpoʊət|
Forms: 19– Beat poet, 19– beat poet
[‹ beat adj. at beat generation n. Derivatives + poet n.]
Any of a group of American poets who emerged chiefly in California in the 1950s and were noted for their rejection of social and poetic conventions. See also beat generation n.
1959A. Aronowitz in N.Y. Post 12 Mar. 22/1 The Congregationalist Church set up a mission for beat poets in San Francisco. 1968A. Tate Ess. Four Decades 222 For the Beat poets, antiquity ends at about 1956, with a few poets foreshadowing them as far back as Hart Crane in 1926. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1 b/2 Those times were the middle 1950s of Beat poets and their young followers. 1995Mojo Jan. 31/1 Individual album productions have spun off from his vast address book, including..albums by the two beat-poet daddies of them all, William Burroughs..and Allen Ginsberg. 2001JazzTimes Dec. 142/1 His experimentation with word jazz began in 1957... It's impossible not to be reminded of the once fashionable beat poets. |