Louis Ginsberg
Autor/a de Family Business: Selected Letters Between a Father and Son
Obres de Louis Ginsberg
History of the Jews of Petersburg, 1789-1950 4 exemplars
Chapters on the Jews of Virginia, 1658-1900 1 exemplars
The Everlasting Minute, and Other Lyrics 1 exemplars
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- 102
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- #187,251
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- 4.1
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Having made the above admission early, I still feel that the odd dynamic of the Ginsberg family is worthy of comment. His mother, Naomi, was a lady of strong opinions, which seem to have been diametrically opposed to those held by the Ginsbergs. Her position was not helped by mental health issues which took her out of Allen's life from an early age.
Dad, Louis, had asperations to be a poet and it is entirely possible that he initially encouraged his son to follow in his footsteps. The beat generation, however, saw a schism grow between the work of Allen and his dad. There is a clash of antlers between the two and it is unclear as to whether Louis ever accepted that Allen was the more successful poet.
The letters are far from complete and it is often frustrating to be missing either the response, or the instigator of a missive but, the letters are still an insight into the background of Allen Ginsberg's writing. The fact that they were written without any thought that they would ever be published, makes them more open and honest than anyone could be otherwise.… (més)