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- Title
The Ghosts of Radicalisms Past: Allen Ginsberg's Old Left Nightmares.
- Authors
RAMÍREZ, J. JESSE
- Abstract
The article discusses the work of the poet Allen Ginsberg, focusing on apparitions such as the character Moloch in the poem "Howl" and emphasizing their significance in U.S. cultural and social history. According to the author, the lasting influence of radicalism is a theme in Ginsberg's work. Topics include the influence of the book "Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts," by Lynd Ward on Ginsberg, Old Left political perspectives, Marxism, and the depiction of family histories in poetry.
- Subjects
GINSBERG, Allen, 1926-1997; HOWL (Poem : Ginsberg); BEAT generation; WARD, Lynd, 1905-1985; UNITED States social conditions; RADICALISM; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Arizona Quarterly, 2013, Vol 69, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
0004-1610
- Publication type
Literary Criticism