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The Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change
URL: http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/sixties/

Description:
Information about the social movements of the 1960s in the United States, with emphasis on the literature of the period. Features articles and images on the Beats, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, Timothy Leary, the Black Mountain Poets, hippies, Woodstock, illicit drugs, protests, and much more. Includes images of handbills, posters, and other memorabilia from the 1960s. From the University of Virginia Library.

LII Topics: Activism, Beat Generation, Black Mountain, Drugs & Medications by Type, Hallucinogens, Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry, Social Change, Social Movements, Society & Social Science

Publisher:
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia

Extra Keywords
love-in be-in flower power vonnegut ferlinghetti lsd rock black panthers

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
American literature
Nineteen sixties
Social movements in literature -- United States

LII Database Information:
Record 4505 created by Elaine Walker on 06/19/1999
Last modification on 12/06/2008
Published: 06/19/1999   Republished: 11/08/2007
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4505

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