Allen Ginsberg, Basic Poetics, Part 18, 1980 February 25
Item
Identifier: naropa_ginsberg_basic_poetics_part18
Abstract
The eighteenth class in Basic Poetics taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this class he uses "A Litany in Time of Plague" by Thomas Nashe to discuss cadence and description in poetry. Other poets discussed in this context are Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Louis Zukofsky, and William Carlos Williams whose essay on Alfred Steiglitz is read in class. He ends with a brief comment on Marianne Moore's use of Light Rhymes.
Dates
- 1980 February 25
Creator
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 (Teacher, Person)
Digital Repository
Allen Ginsberg, Basic Poetics, Part 18
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English, Spanish, and other languages.
Extent
1 Items
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from Naropa Audio Archive, Naropa University.
General
Local identifier generated by University of Denver archivist.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository