Thursday, April 5, 2012
Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg and his poetry is a true definition of the post modernism time period. He was a very ecclectic and non traditional writer. His poems were demonstrated to almost "protest" the America he lived in because it stifled his free spirit and in his own words his "madness". His poem "America" describes this. It is ironic that he is speaking of America in this sense of imprisonment, when really America is supposed to be this land of opportunity and imagination, but really it was full of restrictions and rules that had to be met and followed. Allen was not one to follow rules. Many of his poems speak out against the conformity and traditionalism that was slowing starting to be broken during the 50's and 60's.
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This post holds true to Ginsberg's character and what others thought about him and how America truly was during the 1950s. There were restrictions on many things, and America was not as open minded as it claimed to be. Ginsberg and other poets paved the path for America's future generations to come. America was redefined by these poets and their literary actions and beliefs to change people's minds and thought processes.
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