Eliot Katz
Autor de Poems for the Nation: A Collection of Contemporary Political Poems
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Katz is a poet that knew Ginsberg and worked with him. From my reading, Katz’s primary thesis is that unlike many of the yuppies and radicals Ginsberg never mellowed out in his opinions and remained a liberal voice for social justice throughout his life. He remained someone who spoke the truth about things that were not spoken of. There is little doubt of his leftward lean. He lived through an era where elected left-wing governments were overthrown by the United States. It was also an era that saw Eisenhower sign an executive order firing all gay government employees. On local levels bars and clubs were raided by police. Through the examination of The Howl (the annotated edition), Kaddish, and America Katz examines Ginsberg’s politics.
Katz gives insight to the works of Ginsberg providing background to those who might have dismissed the Ginsberg writing as outside the realms of accepted poetry and “social values.” There is also an examination of the writing style with comparisons to Blake and Whitman. Ginsberg was also not just a Beat poet he wrote from the late 1940s until his death in 1997. The Poetry and Politics of Allen Ginsberg is more than a biography. It is a study of poetry writing, politics, and the evolution of American society. This book is an excellent look at Ginsberg and the world he saw around him.… (más)