Poetry and Art Month Book Spotlight

Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" embodies its title throughout the course of the text, a bombastic work that gave voice to the troubled times and people during the Cold War. In his book American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation, Jonah Raskin explores the events of the time that shaped Ginsberg as well as the poet's influences like Walt Whitman and even T.S. Eliot. Raskin presents a clearer picture of the man and the poem that focuses so much on secrecy, nudity, and madness - themes that led to scorn from academics and an obscenity trial. Despite all detractors, Ginsberg's "Howl" remains a work of startling honesty and raw emotion, an important work that contributed to the development of the Beat Generation.

You can check out this eBook and many more through the UNT Dallas Library Catalog.

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