David Sterritt's "The Beats: A Very Short Introduction" (2013)

New York City: Oxford University Press (book, non-fiction, biography), 2013.
6.5" x 4.5" x 0.375", 126 pages, softcover, ISBN978-0-19-979677-9.

The Beats: A Very Short Introduction by David Sterritt, as published by Oxford University Press (New York City) in 2013.

This is an overview of the Beat Generation and of Beat writers, and contains multiple references to William S. Burroughs.

At page 63 an artwork by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin [and Ian Sommerville, uncredited] is reproduced.

This copy is signed by poet Joanna McClure, former wife to Michael McClure. This was acquired through Soheyl Dahi of Sore Dove Press (San Francisco, California, US.).

Contents: 

• List of illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Origins and essences
• 2. Beats, beatniks, bohemians, and all that jazz
• 3. The Beat novel: Kerouac and Burroughs
• 4. Beat Poetry and more: Ginsberg, Corso, and Company
• 5. The Beats and popular culture
• 6. The Beat legacy
• References
• Further reading
• Index