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American Scream
Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms,Howltouched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This first full critical and historical study ofHowlbrilliantly elucidates the nexus of politics and literature in which it was written and gives striking new portraits of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Drawing from newly released psychiatric reports on Ginsberg, from interviews with his psychiatrist, Dr. Philip Hicks, and from the poet's journals,American Screamshows howHowlbrought Ginsberg and the world out of the closet of a repressive society. It also gives the first full accounting of the literary figures-Eliot, Rimbaud, and Whitman-who influencedHowl,definitively placing it in the tradition of twentieth-century American poetry for the first time. As he follows the genesis and the evolution ofHowl,Jonah Raskin constructs a vivid picture of a poet and an era. He illuminates the development of Beat poetry in New York and San Francisco in the 1950s--focusing on historic occasions such as the first reading ofHowlat Six Gallery in San Francisco in 1955 and the obscenity trial over the poem's publication. He looks closely at Ginsberg's life, including his relationships with his parents, friends, and mentors, while he was writing the poem and uses this material to illuminate the themes of madness, nakedness, and secrecy that pervadeHowl.A captivating look at the cultural climate of the Cold War and at a great American poet,American Screamfinally tells the full story ofHowl-a rousing manifesto for a generation and a classic of twentieth-century literature.
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Howl : a graphic novel
The famous poem that began a major censorship trial. Illustrated with stills from the computer animation that was included in the 2010 movie by the same name.
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Notes on the Advaita Poetics of Allen Ginsberg
[...]I will concern myself with the European tradition of phenomenology, fathered by Edmund Husserl, when necessary for furthering the argument. Ginsberg is articulating such a poetics of inclusiveness when he makes the claim that presentation of consciousness as found in The Cantos or Leaves of Grass legitimately oversteps the success/failure or veridical/ non-veridical opposition. [...]Ginsberg's auto-commentary is consonant with the Husserlian approach and as such is indicative of a poetics that can be construed in terms of phenomenology. [...]as I have noted earlier, I turn to Advaita Vedanta to sketch out the rudiments of a phenomenological poetics through which the work of Allen Ginsberg can be read. [...]in section IV, I reflect on the nature of Ginsberg's relationship with Indian thought, primarily to make the point that not just Buddhism but also the Hindu philosophical system must also be considered in evaluating Ginsberg's essential engagement with Indic civilization.
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Smart (Studies) Now
\"Smart (Studies) Now\" rethinks the significance of Christopher Smart for authors, critics, and students. While writers from Frances Burney to Allen Ginsberg have rated this elusive author highly, critical appreciation has lagged, often focusing on his madness, or treating him as a hack who got lucky once. This essay extends attention from the linguistic and formal power of Smart's religious verse to highlight his generic range and cross-corpus coherence. Three imperatives to advance Smart studies are formulated: clarity about Smart's influence on authors across various periods, attention to the value and relevance of his complete corpus, and availability of a robust sample of his poetry and prose for classroom use.
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I greet you at the beginning of a great career : the selected correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955-1997
\"In 1969, Allen Ginsberg wrote to his friend, fellow poet, and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, \"Alas, telephone destroys letters!\" Fortunately, however, by then the two had already exchanged a treasure trove of personal correspondence, and more than any other documents, their letters- intimate, opinionated, and action-packed- reveal the true nature of their lifelong friendship and creative relationship. Collected here for the first time, they offer an intimate view into the range of artistic vision and complementary sensibilities that fueled the genius of their literary collaborations.\" -- Provided by publisher.
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Creative Environments: The Geo-Poetics of Allen Ginsberg
As was the case for other writers from the Beat Generation, geography is more than simply a setting for Allen Ginsberg’s work, as his poetry also bears the imprint of the influence of the landscapes through which he traveled in his mind and poetic practice. In the 1950s, the same decade which saw the composition of Ginsberg’s Howl, Guy Debord and his followers developed the concept of “psychogeography” and “dérive” to analyze the influence of landscapes on one’s mind. The Debordian concept of psychogeography implies then that an objective world can have unknown and subjective consequences. Inspired by Debord’s theories and through the analysis of key poems, this paper argues that a psychogeographical focus can shed new light on ecocritical studies of Ginsberg’s poetry. It can indeed unveil the complex construction of the poet’s own space-time poetics, from hauntological aspects to his specific composition process.
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