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    that influential poet Allen Ginsberg fabricated this phrase (“Irwin Allen Ginsberg”). In many ways‚ such as this‚ Allen Ginsberg is a forgotten hero. The specifics of what Ginsberg accomplished in his life and nonconformist political poetry are overlooked‚ but the legacy he left behind will last forever. Allen Ginsberg is best known for his riveting long prom "Howl". Because of his experiences in college and his involvement in the Beat Movement‚ Allen Ginsberg’s influential poem “Howl” shows how America

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    Shocking! In More Ways Than One – The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg and His Fellow Beatniks. Fredrick Salomon Perls said‚ “I am not in this world to live up to other people’s expectations‚ nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.” That is a hard lesson to learn but thankfully we have past generations of the brave to guide our actions in the present. At the age of 29‚ Allen Ginsberg‚ accompanied by his fellow beatniks found them selves living amongst many who looked down upon their lifestyle

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    edition reprints the original transcript of each poem by Allen Ginberg‚ also tells about his life and why he was the most famous living poet on earth. “Allen Ginsberg.” 2010. Gale. Web. 25 Sept. 2011 Shows all the works and awards he ever got and accomplished. “Allen Ginsberg.” Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 6. 1 July 2010. Web. Talks about a long poem by Ginsberg and how its attacking American values in the 1950’s. “About Allen Ginsberg.” PBS. Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 29

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    Allen Ginsberg’s profanity in his poem “Howl” was wrote in order to challenge the American thoughts on the status quo of Americans traditional values. Without the harshness and profanity of the words used in this poemGinsberg would not have been able to express his disapproval for the American conformity. The title says it all‚ “Howl”‚ he wanted to not be just an everyday anybody he wanted to be seen and heard. Being quietly heard he was not the way he wanted to go about this he wanted to scream

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    naked‚ dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.” This quote from Allen Ginsberg showed the feeling of the beat era. Allen Ginsberg‚ an author‚ one of the most influential writer of beat generation followed by few others‚ who practically changed the perspective of many Americans during the beat generation era. But what is beat generation‚ when did

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    America by Allen Ginsberg

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    Boston Globe (Boston‚ MA) Feb 16‚ 2014‚ p. K.1 Copyright © Feb 16‚ 2014 The Boston Globe. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Whose Rights? By Ruth Graham • A new wave of fetal-protection measures creates a collision in American law: two sets of rights in one body. In December of 2010‚ Bei Bei Shuai was pregnant‚ alone‚ and in despair: Her marriage had fallen apart‚ and her new boyfriend had broken his promise to leave his wife for her. In a desperate moment‚ the Indiana

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    Allen Ginsberg has been credited "the single greatest influence on the American poetic voice since Whitman"‚ by Bob Dylan himself‚ and Ginsberg would most probably agree‚ being his own biggest fan. "America" is typical of Allen Ginsberg in that it’s increadibly long. Allen Ginsbergs poems are characteristically long winded and conversational- or monologual- quite unlike the usual style of a poem. He uses peoples full names‚ and often dedicates poems to specific people. He writes exactly what he sees-

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    that’s what the poet does.” Allen Ginsberg believed this wholly and based his means of poetry by what he said in this sentence. One cannot censor thoughts‚ just as one can’t censor expression. Ginsberg faced controversy for sexual content and profanities that he used in his poetry‚ but those were merely his private thoughts that he brought to the public. His poetry fueled a whole generational revolution in the 1950s. In times of cookie cutter uniformity Allen Ginsberg went against norm and wrote

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    BUNEA VALENTIN LEONARD GROUP 3A‚ ENGLISH-AMERICAN STUDIES ALLEN GINSBERG‚ ¡§HOWL¡¨ AND THE LITERATURE OF PROTEST Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an important figure in the Beat Generation Movement that took place right before the revolutionary American 60¡¦s. Other major beat writers (also called ¡§beatnicks¡¨) were: Gregory Corso‚ Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs. The beat poetry was meant to be oral and very effective in readings. It developed out of poetry readings in underground clubs

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    struggled with psychological troubles‚ Ginsberg was one of the most respected Beat writers and American poets of his generation. He was an honorable poet‚ who published many books and written many successful poems. Allen Ginsberg had a hard childhood‚ but because of this he became a very successful poet. Ginsberg’s poem “Kaddish” is based off the struggles he faced in his childhood having a mother who was diagnosed with a psychological illness. Allen Ginsberg grew up with his older brother Eugene

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