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Beat poetry emerged in the United States during the late 1940s and reached its peak in the 1950s as part of the broader Beat Generation. This literary and cultural movement challenged the dominant values of post-war American society. The term "Beat," popularised by Jack Kerouac, encapsulated a sense of weariness with conventional life and a spiritual yearning for deeper meaning. This duality—exhaustion and transcendence—became central to Beat expression. The movement found its roots in urban cen...