Ginsberg's Translations of Apollinaire's and Genet's Poetry

In her article "Ginsberg's Translations of Apollinaire's and Genet's Poetry" Véronique Lane discusses Allen Ginsberg's journals, letters, and poems and their references to literary models. Focusing on Ginsberg's involvement with Guillaume Apollinaire's and Jean Genet's works, Lane argues that Ginsberg constructed the genealogy of his poetry through a threefold strategy of literary quotation, translation, and encryption. Uncovering this strategy through analyses of "Howl," "At Apollinaire's Grave," and "Death to Van Gogh's Ear!" does more than simply nuance or deepen our understanding of Ginsberg's work in the 1950s and Lane posits that it was largely through his engagement with French literature that Ginsberg developed the aesthetic and hermeneutic method of his poetry. Véronique Lane, "Ginsberg's Translations of Apollinaire's and Genet's Poetry" page 2 of 7 CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 18.5 (2016): Special Issue Global Beat Studies. Ed. Oliver Harris and Polina Mackay