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Allen Ginsberg

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Allen Ginsbergappears in All poems

Allen Ginsberg is the poet who relates his life to us in these poems. He is a man who has experienced more than many people have or would even want to experience. Ginsberg relates his own and others sexual experiences, and experimentations with all kinds of drugs and alcohol. He talks of his religious thoughts and also his political beliefs and ideas.

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Allen Ginsberg Biographies (7)

Allen Ginsberg

1,120 words, approx. 4 pages

The American poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was one of the most celebrated figures in contemporary American literature. He was a leading member of the "Beat Movement" and helped lead the revolt again... Read more

Allen Ginsberg

3,864 words, approx. 13 pages

Gaining notoriety for both his highly profiled activities in the social and political movements of the mid- to late twentieth century as well as for his poetry, Allen Ginsberg came to represent, to ma... Read more

Allen Ginsberg

11,013 words, approx. 37 pages

Allen Ginsberg is significant not only as a poet but also as a public personality, a social critic, and a cultural phenomenon. Ginsberg's artistic reputation should be ensured for the future by "Howl"... Read more

Allen Ginsberg

19,982 words, approx. 67 pages

Allen Ginsberg's reputation as a major poet is now secure; he has outlived the other major poets of mid-century with whom he is frequently compared, such as Charles Olson, Robert Lowell, and Frank O... Read more

Allen Ginsberg

12,107 words, approx. 41 pages

Allen Ginsberg's career as writer and performer of poetry now spans nearly half a century. In an interview aired on British television on 9 January 1995 the critic Jeremy Isaacs called him "America's ... Read more

Allen Ginsberg

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Biography EssayAllen Ginsberg's reputation as a major poet is now secure; he has outlived the other major poets of mid century with whom he is frequently compared, such as Charles Olson, Robert Lowell... Read more

Carl Solomon

6,183 words, approx. 21 pages

When Carl Wolfe Solomon met Allen Ginsberg in 1949 at the Columbia Psychiatric Institute, where both were patients, the timing could hardly have been better. For Ginsberg, Solomon's political, Dada, a... Read more