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Underground: The London Alternative Press, 1966–74

Nigel Fountain

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Description:In the mid 1960s a new journalism erupted in London and across the western world in the writings and graphics of the underground press. Cultural and political movements coalesced and polemicized in papers and magazines providing the backbone of a counter-culture. Its exponents were poets, artists, activists, hustlers, mystics, post-Beat and rock freaks, drawn from Britain, Europe, Australia, and the United States. What they shared was a hostility to the mainstream, and an initial ignorance of the niceties of orthodox publishing.In Underground Nigel Fountain traces the history of that pres in London from the first stirrings in the 1950s to its demise and the aftermath in the late 1970s. It is the story of It, Oz, Black Dwarf, and many others, and a record of police raids and court cases, farce and tragedy, spectacular successes and expensive failures, from London to Sydney, San Francisco, New York – and Barnsley.Nigel Fountain was a founder and co-editor of London’s City Limits, a former assistant editor of Time Out, and a contributor to the London underground press.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Underground: The London Alternative Press, 1966–74. To get started finding Underground: The London Alternative Press, 1966–74, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 231

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge

Release: 1988

ISBN: 0415007275

Description: In the mid 1960s a new journalism erupted in London and across the western world in the writings and graphics of the underground press. Cultural and political movements coalesced and polemicized in papers and magazines providing the backbone of a counter-culture. Its exponents were poets, artists, activists, hustlers, mystics, post-Beat and rock freaks, drawn from Britain, Europe, Australia, and the United States. What they shared was a hostility to the mainstream, and an initial ignorance of the niceties of orthodox publishing.In Underground Nigel Fountain traces the history of that pres in London from the first stirrings in the 1950s to its demise and the aftermath in the late 1970s. It is the story of It, Oz, Black Dwarf, and many others, and a record of police raids and court cases, farce and tragedy, spectacular successes and expensive failures, from London to Sydney, San Francisco, New York – and Barnsley.Nigel Fountain was a founder and co-editor of London’s City Limits, a former assistant editor of Time Out, and a contributor to the London underground press.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Underground: The London Alternative Press, 1966–74. To get started finding Underground: The London Alternative Press, 1966–74, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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