![]() ![]() ![]() It will be a poem of noise and unsettling images and themes. The title of Ginsberg's poem prepares the reader for what to expect. Some of Part I documents Solomon’s struggle with insanity, while Part II is specifically dedicated to Solomon’s life and tragedy. Though Solomon was never a poet in the traditional sense (he did some minor writing), Ginsberg found real genius in his life and his insanity. The poem’s subtitle, “For Carl Solomon,” dedicates the poem to his friend whom Ginsberg met in a mental institution. “Howl” is best known for its first and second parts, though Ginsberg wrote a third part and a fourth part entitled “Footnote to Howl.” This fourth part was separate from the first three and titled this because it was a variation on the structure and rhythm of the first three parts. The poem gained wide celebrity in the Beatnik culture of San Francisco after the “Six Gallery reading,” an event organized by Ginsberg and the place where he first read Part I. ![]() ![]() It was Ginsberg’s first major work to be performed in public and published. “Howl” was written by Ginsberg in 1955 and finished in 1956. ![]()
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