The following pages examine Allen Ginsberg's motivations for writing Howl. ... He maintained a journal from the time he was a eleven. ... (Ginsberg, Allen, Early Journal Entries, 22 May 1938) However, Ginsberg's life would change once he entered high school. ... In his May 1941 journal entry Ginsberg discusses his lack of direction . ... I haven't the time to be bored"(Ginsberg, Allen, Early Journal Entries, May 1941). ...

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"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), was an early twentieth century poet, dramatist, publisher, playwright and literary and social critic", one of the twentieth century...

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