Allen Ginsberg Flashcards
Year of birth ?
1926
De quel groupe faisait-il partie ?
He’s a poet of beat movement or beat generation
Beat generation ?
A west coast movement, started in San Francisco and developed in NY city.
Howl ?
1956 - famous for both its themes and its deeply experimental form marked by whitmanian heritage.
What the poem expresses ?
Revolt against the dominant spirit of conformity during the red scare at the time of McCarthyism
Section I of Howl focuses on ?
His vision and interpretation of the beat experience.
The section 2 of howl focuses on?
The notion of capitalism during the Cold War where the US had become the word first capitalistic economic power
The section 3 of howl ?
Is a direct address to Carl Solomon a writer of beat generation, having undergone a shock therapy treatment in Rockland