Thursday, June 3, 2010

10.371 ALLEN GINSBERG



ALLEN GINSBERG. AMERICAN POET WHO VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED MILITARISM, MATERIALISM AND SEXUAL REPRESSION. IN THE 1950S, GINSBERG WAS A LEADING FIGURE OF THE BEAT GENERATION, AN ANARCHIC GROUP OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO COMBINED POETRY, SONG, SEX, WINE AND ILLICIT DRUGS WITH PASSIONATE POLITICAL IDEAS THAT CHAMPIONED PERSONAL FREEDOMS. GINSBERG'S EPIC POEM HOWL, IN WHICH HE CELEBRATES HIS FELLOW "ANGELHEADED HIPSTERS" AND EXCORIATES WHAT HE SAW AS THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES OF CAPITALISM AND CONFORMITY IN THE UNITED STATES. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.