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hisbookcameintobeingduringthespringof 1971in a seriesof “Cross-coun-tryExchanges,Talks,Lectures,Rhapso-dies”byAllenGinsbergwith“FellowPoets,Students,Scholars,Sadhus.”Inmostof themGinsbergspeaksdirectlytothosein school— studentsandteachersatKentState,WisconsinState,theuniver-sities of WyomingandCalifornia,part ofthevastconstituencyoftheyoungwhoseein himthe embodimentof the escapefrom “the prisonof conditioning.” His wis-domis vast, his angeris temperedby hu-mor,hisserenityis remarkable.Hissub-jects are poetryand politics, and the place intheindividualconsciousnesswherebothof themmeet.ForthoseinterestedincontemporaryAmericanpoetry,AllenVerbatimwill bea valuableresource—offeringthe readerGinsberg’sownviewson prosodyand theuseof speechrhythmsin poetryaswellasrichinsightsintotheworksofEzraPound,WilliamCarlosWilliams,JackKerouac,CharlesOlsen,etc. WithRobertDuncantherearesomecandidandillum-inatingexchangeshavingtodowiththebeginningsof bothmenasyoungpoets.ElsewhereGinsbergrecountssomeof hisearly visionaryandmysticalexperiences;examinesvariousmeansof attainmentofenlightenment;exploresthecomplexin-terrelationshipofgovernment,business,andthemilitaryasit manifestsitselfinthe wagingof war,the d

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Author
Allen Ginsberg; Gordon Ball; McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Publisher
Mcgraw-hill Companies, The
Published
1975
Language
EN
ISBN
9780070232952
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Poetry, History

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