Department Chair
Craig G. Werner
Date of Award
12-1998
Access Control
Open Access
Degree Name
English, M.A.
Department
English Department
Advisor
David Landrey
Department Home page
http://english.buffalostate.edu/
First Reader
David Landrey
Second Reader
David Karnath
Third Reader
Craig G. Werner
Abstract
Although T. S. Eliot and Allen Ginsberg lived their lives differently and experienced society in different ways, some threads of similarity run throughout their work. This paper is a three-part study of the relations between Eliot and Ginsberg. It begins with an examination of how each poet views the literary tradition and the role of the poet within it, then explores the similarities in form and content between "The Waste Land" and "Howl," and ends with a discussion of how each man would attempt to reverse the cycle of modern deterioration. The main argument of the paper is that Allen Ginsberg intended to create a new version of "the Waste Land" which would take into account the state of society in the 1950s.
Recommended Citation
Campbell, Jennifer A., "Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" as a Modern Version of T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"" (1998). English Theses. 19.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/english_theses/19
