Howl

Howl

Postmodernism
1. Marginal discourses: ex-centric
2. anarchy
3. polisemy
4. interrogated authority
devices
1. free verse
2. phrase and line length
3. jazz patterns
4. anaphora, parallelism
5. cultural references
6. songs or chants to awaken dancing responses
7. "breath units"
8. repetitions
9. syntactic structures comprised rhythmic energy
10. juxtaposition of images
11. paranomasia
12. paratactically placed sentences
style
1. desolate imagery, alienation
2. orality
3. messiah
4. theory of reunion of body and mind
5. litany-like
6. final parataxis
the Beats Manifesto
1. worshipped social outcasts
2. Transcendentalism
influence
1. Whitman's long lines, encantory repetitions, syncopated rhythms
2. Poe's long-lines, hypnotic musicality
themes
1. madmen of his time
2. anger and anxiety
3. Carl Solomon
4. denunciation of modern life
5. 1st censures damage done to poets 2nd charge on the "pure machinery" 3rd spiritual poverty of modern life associated with mental breakdown

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	Created by Juan Rodriguez over 9 years ago