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Allen Ginsberg 05/28/1981

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Allen Ginsberg class on Beat literary history of the 1950's. This final class in the series covers Christopher Smart's poem "Rejoice in the lamb," also known as "Jubilate agno." Ginsberg discusses poems from Gregory Corso's book Happy Birthday of Death, including "How happy I used to be" and "Power," and he examines Velimir Khlebnikov's poem "Incantation by laughter." Part 20 of a 20 part series.