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Much of what we associate with the 1960's originated in the 50's, including new attitudes toward sex and the family and a new interest in ethnicity and diversity. Jewish and black writers, even a few openly gay writers, cut a path for the multicultural writers of the 80's and 90's. The margins of the culture were beginning to erode the conservative center. Elvis was influenced by black rhythm and blues, while writers like Norman Mailer and Jack Kerouac idealized black culture. Counterculture writers of the 50's were fascinated by jazz, which encouraged them to be more improvisational in their writing. Road novels like ''On the Road'' and ''Invisible Man'' not only created a loose-jointed plot but reflected a looser attitude toward morality and society. Even a book like J. D. Salinger's ''Catcher in the Rye,'' which wasn't considered so innovative at the time, in retrospect became part of the youth revolution that led to the 60's.

Was the literature of the 50's in some sense......

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