Best minds : how Allen Ginsberg made revolutionary poetry from madness /

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Allen Ginsberg's 1956 poem "Howl" opens with one of the most resonant phrases in modern poetry: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness." Thirty years later, Ginsberg entrusted a Columbia University medical student with materials not shared with anyone el...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weine, Stevan M., 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Ginsberg, Allen, > 1926-1997 > Criticism and interpretation.
Ginsberg, Allen, > 1926-1997 > Mental health.
Ginsberg, Allen, > 1926-1997
1900-1999
Literature and mental illness > United States > History > 20th century.
Mental illness in literature.
Littérature et maladies mentales > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Maladies mentales dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
Mental health
Literature and mental illness
Mental illness in literature
United States
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Death and madness, 1997-1998
  • An unspeakable act, 1986-1987
  • Refrain of the hospitals and the new vision, 1943-1948
  • The actuality of prophecy, 1948-1949
  • The psychiatric institute, 1949-1950
  • Mental muse-eries, 1950-1955
  • Gold blast of light, 1956-1959
  • A light raying through society, 1959-1965
  • White and black shrouds, 1987
  • Epilogue.

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