beat generation

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative letter-case form of Beat Generation.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A group of countercultural American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most important works are Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957), Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956), and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959).