LoginCollected Poems 1947-1980
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Tortured by the paranoia and mental illness of his immigrant mother, and by his own homosexuality in a society that was homophobic, Allen Ginsberg's early work was as much a measure of his self-loathing as his detestation of social hypocrisy and injustice. His poems reached depths of humiliation and shame that presaged a mental breakdown, followed by recovery with the help of Buddhist philosophy. Ginsberg's political commitment was fired by his involvement with Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder and others in the Beat movement, a poetry of social protest that refused perceived elitist boundaries. Despite a tendency towa
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Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Release date: 7 June 1988
ISBN-10 : 0060914947 | ISBN-13: 9780060914943
Release date: 7 June 1988
ISBN-10 : 0060914947 | ISBN-13: 9780060914943
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