Poetry -- History and criticism

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this class Ginsberg covers William Shakespeare's sonnets. Topics include reading the sonnets as a novel of a love triangle between Shakespeare, a young man, and the Dark Lady. Some works discussed and read include Sonnets 20, 18, 29, 33, 57, 64, 65, 73, 94, 116, 129, 144, 147, 152, and 153.

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg reads and discusses a number of songs by Shakespeare. During the last part of the class the students recite spontaneous poems.

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this class students sing a 40 min. improvised blues.

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.

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins discussing the prosody of Robert Creeley then segues into the bulk of the lecture centered around the poetry of the English Metaphysical poet John Donne.

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins by discussing the prosody of Ezra Pound's Pisan Cantos, reading #80 in full. Then he segues into the bulk of the lecture centered around the prosody of English poet Ben Jonson.

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins the class by discussing and reading from George Herbert. He then reads a selection of Jack Kerouac's poetry, and ends by reading and discussing selections of James Shirley and Thomas Carey's poetry.

A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg and class discuss and read from the works of Ben Jonson and Robert Herrick. Ginsberg focuses mostly on the prosody of these poets' work.

A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg and class read and discuss the poetry of Hart Crane, George Herbert, Henry King, and Dylan Thomas. Ginsberg also speaks extensively about the notions of condensation, vision, and meter.

A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg and class begin by discussing the poetry of Hart Crane and John Milton with regards to prosody. Ginsberg spends most of the rest of the class reading from and discussing John Milton's "Paradise Lost."