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Allen Ginsberg?s ?Howl?, 2006.
A review of Allen Ginsberg's controversial poem "Howl".
1,949 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 91.95
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This paper examines the poem "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg which led to a widely publicized court case dividing readers between a view of art and obscenity. This paper discusses how "Howl" is not obscene or socially deviant writings, but instead, a valuable social critique of Ginsberg's time. By teasing out the parts that are labeled obscene, it picks the most controversial topics and explores the meanings behind them, also showing how it is more of a social critique than plan obscenity for no reason.
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"The topic of homosexuality and blatant crudeness towards heterosexuality makes itself visible in the text, a topic that society at the time tried to shy away from and viewed as indecent. The most obvious is the image of one having anal intercourse and not feeling ashamed to enjoy it, "who let themselves be fucked in the ass by saintly motorcyclists, and screamed with joy" (128), writing in this way without holding back literally shoves the idea of homosexuality in the face of the reader, without hiding from it, and makes the reader interpret it in the poem. The character does not care where the sex comes from, jumping into passing limousines "seeking jazz or sex or soup" (127), he or she seems to not care where or how they receive this sex they are looking for, comparing it to something as little as soup or jazz."
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'Howl', 2007.
A comparison between Allen Ginsberg's poem 'Howl', and various other pieces of American literature.
2,237 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 101.95
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This paper reviews and analyzes the epic poem 'Howl' by Allen Ginsberg. The paper then compares it to various other pieces of American literature. According to the paper, 'Howl' is not only a personal statement of society, but also a classic poem full of illusions to mythology and psychology. The paper reports that the poem itself is dedicated to Ginsberg's good friend Carl Solomon, who is addressed by name throughout the poem's verses.
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"Campbell's theories of the myth find their foundation in the works of Carl Jung, who studied the use of mythology in various cultural sects such as South American Indians. According to these sects, it is a fundamental belief that things do not have sharp boundaries as do things in rational, or modern day societies. (Jung, p. 45). This alone is in line with Ginsberg's use of the Moloch myth. The poet, as does a primitive society in Jung's studies, is able to express ideas without the boundaries of "rational" society. However, as Howel demonstrates, "rational" society makes this ability more and more difficult, essentially meaning that the culture of myth is being sacrificed to the evils of industrial society."
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"Howl" and the Beat Generation, 2001.
A critical analysis of the criticism of "Howl" the famous poem by Allen Ginsburg.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 92.95
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This is a look at the various literary criticisms of ?Howl?, the famous poem by Allen Ginsburg. The author argues that the criticism is as schizophrenic as the poem itself. Opinions are presented from the following critics and writers: Robert Henson, Diane Middlebrook, Alicia Ostriker and Norman Podhoretz.
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"Allen Ginsberg, born in 1926, and often hailed as the poet laureate of ?the beat generation? creates in ?Howl?, a frenzied controversy, among writers, which is the source and subject of much criticism and contradiction. ?Howl,? Published in 1955, perhaps Ginsberg?s most famous poem and the center of a highly scandalized censorship case, has been both praised and criticized as a monolith for ?the beat generation.? Acclaimed by members of what could be considered low culture, the pop cultural masses, as well as by what could be considered high culture, the academic and renown scholar, as a representation of social hypocrisy, ?Howl? cannot be categorized by either. The academic and knowledgeable language, references and devices used in a radical and informal style make it impossible to force ?Howl? into either high or low culture brackets. ?Howl? eludes the past 50 years of criticism as a comprehensive outburst of everything frustrated and repressed in the postwar baby boom era and thus is a deceptively easy yet slippery target for this discussion"
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"Howl", 2006.
Examines Allen Ginsberg's poem, "Howl" regarding society's ills.
1,097 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 56.95
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"Howl", Allen Ginsberg's revolutionary poem, focuses on sex, drugs and misery. The paper shows that, divided into three sections, the poem's raw style and chilling images represent the best model of Ginsberg's writing. Flashes of weakness, brought on by drug misuse, are countered by joyful sexual romps; these two situations create even more despair as the poem continues. What was once passion turns to heartbreak; speed-induced frenzies end in gutters. The paper shows that Ginsberg's strongest message is one against the quintessential oppressor, as personified by the monster Moloch, who is eventually defeated.
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"Ginsberg, however, does not see "Howl" as a negative poem. Rather, he is "talking about a realization of love. LOVE" (Shadow). "Howl" is considered Allen Ginsberg's howl condemning the ills of society, but with whom does he identify? He addresses himself when he states that whole intellects "howled on their knees in the subway & were dragged off the roof waving genitals & manuscripts" (Ginsberg Collected 128, l.35.) Ginsberg also alludes to his days at Colombia, his trips to Texas, and his obsession with William Blake (Schumacher 202)."
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"When Rabbit Howls", 2002.
An analysis of the book "When Rabbit Howls" by Truddi Chase.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 64.95
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This paper will discuss the book "When Rabbit Howls" by Truddi Chase and seek the basis for a sociological premise within the text. By understanding the roles of the characters and the way that they live within the racial boundaries that are presented, we can see the aim of the author in this scope. These themes will be covered to better illuminate subjects that are existent within the world of Truddi Chase.
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?Howl? by Allen Ginsberg, 2002.
An analysis of Allen Ginsberg's poem, "Howl", focusing on the theme of the madness of the American society.
668 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 34.95
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This paper discusses the individual and social conflict that is evident in the poem ?Howl? by Allen Ginsberg. In addition to the analysis of the poem in reference to its social relevance, the paper also includes a presentation of the poet?s feelings while the lines and over-all content of the poem is delivered.
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"The poem ?Howl,? by Allen Ginsberg is a poem that evokes emotion and social awareness of the ?illness? and ?madness? of the people and the American society. Ginsberg?s poem is divided into three parts, and each part of the poem elicits a different kind of emotion and focus; the three parts wherein the poem is divided also addresses and talks about a different kind of audience, while consistently extending the message of ?madness? (in the literal and social sense) and with the issue of social strife and chaos within and among the members of the American society. The scenario Ginsberg presents in his poem is a reflection of the social and political strife that the American society had experienced during the post- Vietnam War era."
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Ginsberg's Poetry, 2007.
An analysis of Allen Ginsberg's poems; "A Supermarket in California" and "Howl."
1,072 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 54.95
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The paper analyzes two poems by American poet Allen Ginsberg written in the mid-1950s: "A Supermarket in California" and "Howl" in terms of both their individual content and their broader implications within the poet's work. The paper discusses how Ginsberg describes a prosperous post-World War II era America, spoiled by mid-to-late-20th century artificiality, inhumanity and modernization and by the competitive ruthless and non-reflective attitudes that accompany it. The paper shows how Allen Ginsberg expresses disillusionment in the first poem semi-humorously and in the second more seriously and sometimes despairingly about the overall state of post-industrial America.
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"In Ginsberg's poem "A Supermarket in California" (1955) Ginsberg, one of America's greatest Beat Poets of the 1950's and 1960's, juxtaposes descriptions of one of his literary idols, the 19th century American poet Walt Whitman (a homosexual like Ginsberg himself), against descriptions of average contemporary people who might be found inside a California supermarket (e.g., husbands; wives; babies). Alongside these average American consumers, Ginsberg's speaker and Walt Whitman himself (resurrected, for this poem) shop in a supermarket in California. Ginsberg's poem offers a post-modern, sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant, wholly impressionistic view of an imagined time-traveling Walt Whitman within an antisepticised, artificially-packaged, and homogenized 1950's American grocery store."
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The Beat Generation, 2004.
This paper discusses Jack Kerouac?s ?On the Road?, Allen Ginsberg?s ?Howl?, and William Burroughs?s ?Naked Lunch? as examples of the literary, 1950s Beat Generation.
2,225 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 101.95
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This paper explains that Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs were the galvanizing forces behind the Beat Generation; their writings and revolutionary narrative techniques created a national sensation that is still debated in modern literary circles. The author points out that Kerouac?s ?On the Road ?, the most respected work of the group, at first glance seems incoherent; but, as the novel progresses, we discover the story moves from a superficial sense of order to a deeper, more penetrating sense of openness. The paper relates that ?Howl? is not the work of an angry young man; Ginsberg emerges from this rather long poem as a rancorous and somewhat gloomy mystic seer as opposed to a deferential and conventional kind of person that had symbolized the youth of the post-WWII period.
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"The sex that is virtually dominant in the world of "Naked Lunch" appears to reflect the sex that Freud revealed as the ultimate cause, means, and end. Anything goes in Interzone, and the sex is there in all varieties and expressions. However, it is ?junk? which sufficiently separates the narrator from the group consciousness to let him have this vision of things as they are. Junk has its literal importance as a stimulus, but it is also important as a symbol. In general, it is a symbol of meaninglessness, or life as the be-all and end-all of an evolving world. Only be coming into ultimate contact with junk, by knowing it as a symbol, one can realize the separate life."
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Poetic Usage in Literature, 2002.
An analysis of the two poems "Howl" and "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 38.95
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This paper will analyze the two poems entitled: "Howl" and "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg and discuss the elements of poetic usage that are present within the poems. By revealing the concepts of representation and subversion, as well as the rhythm and form, we can see how these poems were meant to be read at a deeper level. The main objective is to discover these elements within the two poems and relate them to each other in the spectrum of poetical analysis.
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Ginsberg and Kerouac, 1996.
Compares themes, styles, characterizations, philosophies in novel & epic poem. "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac & "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg .
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 69.95
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"Alan Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac were friends whose experiences figure in each other's works. They both made their mutual friend Neal Cassady central to their most famous works -- Ginsberg's poem Howl and Kerouac's novel On the Road. The similarities between the two writers' concerns, interests, and language are also numerous. Both of them seem to be mapping the same territory with maps highlighted by bursts of the poetry and poetic prose that the two have in common: the saxophones and bop, the drugs and drinking, the sex and the travel, the nights, the madness, and the endless conversations. Despite all these similarities, however, they produced two very different works. Ultimately Ginsberg's work is about reaching inside himself. Self-knowledge, no matter how disturbing, sad, or horrifying, is what he is after. Kerouac and his character Sal remain unknown.
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Poet Allen Ginsberg, 2006.
This paper discusses the life and times of late 20th century "Beat Generation" poet, Allen Ginsberg.
4,760 words (approx. 19.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 178.95
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This paper explains that Allen Ginsberg, best-known for his radical poem "Howl" and for his outspoken views on American society, politics and the Vietnam War, was a very influential figure in the counterculture of the mid to late 1960s. The author points out that when it was first published, "Howl" reflected some of the most absurd and decadent traits of American culture, ignored by most people, such as the use of illegal drugs that was just beginning to spread in the urban cities. The paper relates that the contents of "Howl" disturbed many people, even those in San Francisco, a city known for its non-conformity and outlandish social life. The paper concludes that Allen Ginsberg gave impetus to great cultural changes in the way young people chose to live within a society that, for the most part, rejected and denied them.
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"Clearly, it was Lucien Carr who introduced Ginsberg to the cultural miasma of Greenwich Village in New York City, a place rampant with people from all walks of life. It was in this setting that Ginsberg's literary mind was set on fire and where he first experienced the thrill of being an intellectual steeped in an explosion of culturally-diverse phenomenon. Not long after meeting Carr, Ginsberg wrote to his brother and said, "I plan to go down to Greenwich Village with a friend of mine who claims to be an intellectual, and knows queer and interesting people. I plan to get drunk, if I can.""
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Buddhism and the Beats, 2001.
A study of Buddhism American-style and its evolution out of the Beat generation as a socio-religious scene.
8,045 words (approx. 32.2 pages), 25 sources, MLA, AU$ 252.95
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This paper is an in-depth examination of the emergence of Buddhism on the American cultural scene in the 1950s. It discusses Beat literature, the origins and aspects of the Beat Generation, and their effect on American culture. The author illustrates the works of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and Allen Ginsberg's "Howl". It analyzes the friendship between the close-knit group of friends and their rise to literary fame, both individually and as a group. It demonstrates how personality and drug addiction is seen in their writing style. This paper also describes the permanent place of Buddhism in American society as a result of the culture of the Beat artists
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"Historical events are usually much more complex than the annals of the past can easily demonstrate. The average person has only a cursory knowledge of most historical episodes, leaving intellectual movements like scientific advancements, philosophical developments, and social reforms largely incomplete and misunderstood from a ?public relations? standpoint. For example, a common definition for Buddhism might read something like this: A philosophy dedicated to the realization of the essence of life, leading to true selfless enlightenment and the reconciliation of suffering. Now of course that definition leaves an enormous amount of leeway for the real body of experiences and thoughts that are Buddhism. Likewise, the average person might reflect upon the Beat Generation as a social and literary movement motivated by personal escape from the monotony of 1950's American society. But as much as I know about these two subjects (which admittedly I am no expert at but am a learned student of), I cannot develop a brief definition that can come close to adequately representing these topics."
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The Gay Rights Movement, 2002.
Explores milestones in the history of the gay rights movement in America.
1,139 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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The end of World War II brought about a great change in the gay community. For the first time, groups of homosexuals lived together in the same communities. This new visibility also brought about new prejudices and gay bars became a constant target for police raids. This paper discusses the history of the gay rights movement, beginning with the initial call for a gay movement by Harry Hay in 1948. The paper looks at the effect of Hay's Mattachine Society on the McCarthy era and the political power it wields. Other issues discussed include the society's "One" magazine, President Eisenhower's ban on homosexuals as government workers, Allen Ginsburg's poem "Howl" and the history of the lesbian movement. The paper looks at the Stonewall Riots of 1969 which resulted in a new form of activism with the creation of 'gay liberation' groups. Finally, the paper looks at the effect of AIDS/HIV on the gay community.
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"In 1958 the first lesbian organization was developed by Barbara Gittings. This was a ?homophile? organization much like the Mattachine Society. This group, known as the Daughters of Bilitis argued that homosexuals were oppressed minorities, not people who were sick or deranged. During the 1950?s this organization was infiltrated by both the FBI and the CIA. Initially, fear of exposure kept the enrollment low, but when they began to produce their magazine, The Ladder, many began to recognize the organization and the work it was doing. (Out of the Past, Pg 3)"
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The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg, 2006.
A look at the controversial poet, Allen Ginsberg.
4,849 words (approx. 19.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 179.95
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This paper takes a look at the life of Allen Ginsberg, one of America's most controversial poets of the mid to late 20th century. Ginsberg was made famous by his radical poem "Howl" and his views on American society, politics and the Vietnam War. This paper also takes a look at New Historicism, and Ginsberg's involvement.
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"Thus, most of the work of Allen Ginsberg can be seen as culturally significant, for it explores through verse and narrative the inner workings of the cities and how the people that worked and died in these cities during the late 1940's and 1950's experienced everyday life. In essence, Ginsberg's poetry and narrative pieces are filled with "cultural poetics," also known as New Historicism, "a theory that emphasizes the importance of history as a standard of cultural value or as a determinant of events" (Schumacher, 56).
Before commencing on the biography of Allen Ginsberg, it seems appropriate to make some brief comments on the status of America during the 1950's, the period which highly influenced Ginsberg and his writings. Following the close of World War II in 1945, America was plunged into a "Cold War" with the Soviet Union, a war based on threat instead of action. Culturally, America was in the throes of massive change, due to the victories over Nazi Germany and Japan and the economic boom that followed in the wake of World War II. For the most part, Americans were experiencing new and at times disturbing cultural trends linked to politics, economics and the rapid development of technology, especially regarding television. Also, as a result of World War II, Americans had a sense of belonging to the greater whole and began to see themselves as conformists, meaning that they never questioned authority and subscribed to "herd mentality."
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