Allen Ginsberg (Critical Survey of Poetry, Second Revised Edition)
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Allen Ginsberg recognized early in his career that he would have to explain his intentions, because most critics and reviewers did not have the interest or experience to understand what he was trying to accomplish. Consequently, he published books that include interviews, lectures, essays, and letters to friends as means of conveying his theories about composition and poetics.
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The publication of “Howl” in 1956 drew such enthusiastic comments from Allen Ginsberg’s supporters and such vituperative condemnation from...
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