Part A: Historical Background
Allen Ginsberg will always be remembered as the “Guru” of the “Beat Generation”, the counter-culture movement that arose in post-World War II America.
His early life was affected by his exposure to Communist party ideology at home and his reactions to being raised by a severely paranoid mother. His experiences at Columbia University and with the group of young intellectuals that he met there formed the basis of his visions that were reflected in his poetry. He developed “a sense of liberation, sexual and philosophical” which were accented by his homosexuality and Communist upbringing and were reflected in his works (Literary Kicks).
Allen Ginsberg was born on June 23, 1926. He began his interest in poetry in High School (in Paterson, NJ) and developed a love for Walt Whitman’s works. His college years were spent at Columbia University at a time immediately following the end of WWII. America was going through a conservative period.......
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