Neurotica (magazine)

Neurotica was a quarterly magazine founded Jay Landesman^[1] in New York City in 1948, and edited by Gershon Legman, which became an outlet for the Beat Generation of writers.^[2]^[3] The first issue of the magazine published in Spring 1948.^[4] It described itself as a magazine written by neurotics, for neurotics.^[5] Neurotica ended publication in 1951.^[5]

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^ Craig Sams (25 February 2011). "Jay Landesman obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ This Is the Beat Generation: New York San Francisco Paris -James Campbell - 1999 - Page 93 0520230337 Behind the beat Neurotica: The Beat Generation writers are unusual among literary gangs in never having had a little magazine of their own, through which to distribute their early work. At the beginning of 1950, Ginsberg had still to publish in anything other than a student journal; Kerouac, though he had a novel waiting to come out, had to date published nothing of a literary nature at all, while Burroughs, age thirty-five, did not even consider himself a writer.
^ Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend James T. Jones - 1999 =0809322633 In this latter episode, he links masturbation, fear of castration, and homoeroticism. The self-consciousness of these allusions becomes documentary when Cody asks Jack on tape whether he has read the winter 1952 number of the proto-Beat magazine Neurotica, which is entirely devoted to discussion of the castration complex (179). In Rebel Without Applause Jay Landesman, the founder of Neurotica, describes an actual meeting with Kerouac and Cassady in which Jack suggested ..
^ William Lawlor (2005). Beat Culture: Lifestyles, Icons, and Impact. ABC-CLIO. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-85109-400-4. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Rich Weidman (1 September 2015). The Beat Generation FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Angelheaded Hipsters. Backbeat. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-61713-635-1. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[1] Craig Sams (25 February 2011). "Jay Landesman obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[2] This Is the Beat Generation: New York San Francisco Paris -James Campbell - 1999 - Page 93 0520230337 Behind the beat Neurotica: The Beat Generation writers are unusual among literary gangs in never having had a little magazine of their own, through which to distribute their early work. At the beginning of 1950, Ginsberg had still to publish in anything other than a student journal; Kerouac, though he had a novel waiting to come out, had to date published nothing of a literary nature at all, while Burroughs, age thirty-five, did not even consider himself a writer.

[3] Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend James T. Jones - 1999 =0809322633 In this latter episode, he links masturbation, fear of castration, and homoeroticism. The self-consciousness of these allusions becomes documentary when Cody asks Jack on tape whether he has read the winter 1952 number of the proto-Beat magazine Neurotica, which is entirely devoted to discussion of the castration complex (179). In Rebel Without Applause Jay Landesman, the founder of Neurotica, describes an actual meeting with Kerouac and Cassady in which Jack suggested ..

[4] William Lawlor (2005). Beat Culture: Lifestyles, Icons, and Impact. ABC-CLIO. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-85109-400-4. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[Weidman2015-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Rich Weidman (1 September 2015). The Beat Generation FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Angelheaded Hipsters. Backbeat. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-61713-635-1. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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