Influences of Allen Ginsberg's Work

Allen Ginsberg was a Jewish American poet, who was born in June 3 1929, he’s poetry vigorously opposed such topics as militarism, economic materialism and sexual- repression. Ginsberg is best known for his epic poem "Howl", in which he denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States.

In his early years Allen was born into a Jewish family in Newark New Jersey, his father Louis Ginsberg was a published poet and a high school teacher. Ginsberg's mother, Naomi Ginsberg, was affected by a psychological illness that was never properly diagnosed. She was also an active member of the Communist Party and took Ginsberg and his brother Eugene Ginsberg to secret Communist meetings.

Ginsberg’s mother often made up bedtime stories with strong Communist ideas like: 'The good king rode forth from his castle and, saw the suffering workers and healed them.'" Ginsberg was equally critical of his father. "My father would go around the house," Allen once said, "either reciting Emily Dickinson and Longfellow under his breath or attacking T. S. Eliot for...