<P> The Beat Generation is a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era . The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s . Central elements of Beat culture are rejection of standard narrative values , spiritual quest , exploration of American and Eastern religions , rejection of materialism , explicit portrayals of the human condition , experimentation with psychedelic drugs , and sexual liberation and exploration . </P>
what name was given to the literary movement that occurred from the end of ww2
The Beat Generation