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'Hara, who with Ginsberg make up a core of writers...

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'Hara, who with Ginsberg make up a core of writers...

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 best known poet," a title Ginsberg conceded with...

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" and "Kaddish," his best-known and most substantial...

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 many critics, the poetic voice of an entire...

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 against "academic poetry" and the cultural and political...