_Howl_ and _Kaddish_ are so great. I think GInsberg was never able to get back to the energy, control and convincing despair of those books. There was more world-wearines in them which then over time turned to a kind of performative (often delightful) but slightly superficial goofiness.
imho Sylvia Plath is a poet of true genius, whereas Ted Hughes is the most over-rated writer in the English language and produced nothing but mediocre slush
3:36 that meme guy. Fuck ! He is a poet!
_Howl_ and _Kaddish_ are so great. I think GInsberg was never able to get back to the energy, control and convincing despair of those books. There was more world-wearines in them which then over time turned to a kind of performative (often delightful) but slightly superficial goofiness.
I disagree. Hughes was a perfect foil to Plath . Both brilliant in their own right.
imho Sylvia Plath is a poet of true genius, whereas Ted Hughes is the most over-rated writer in the English language and produced nothing but mediocre slush