Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-245) and index.

Ginsberg, Kerouac and Burroughs -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1962) -- Sometimes a great notion (1964) -- Been down so long it looks like up to me and The crying of lot 49 (1966) -- Trout fishing in America (1967) -- Siddhartha (1922) -- Stranger in a strange land (1961) -- The electric kool-aid acid test (1968) -- Armies of the night (1968) -- Slaughterhouse five (1969) -- Divine right's trip (1971) -- Fear and loathing in Las Vegas (1971) -- The fan man (1974) -- Another roadside attraction (1971) and Even cowgirls get the blues (1976) -- An essay on slouching, hippies, and hitchhiking -- Postmodernism reconstructed.

"Focusing on the years from 1962 through 1976, this book takes a constructivist look at the "Hippie" era's key works of prose, which in turn may be viewed as the literary canon of the counterculture. It examines the ways in which these works with their tendency toward whimsy and true spontaneity are genuinely reflective of the period"--Provided by publisher.