Here is a link to Ginsberg reading the poem: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15308

Class slideshow: http://prezi.com/t_p46mgjybzj/the-beat-generation/

Allan Ginsberg Resource: http://www.allenginsberg.org/index.php?page=lifeline

Here is a link to the video that we watched in class: http://vimeo.com/43319538

Presentation: http://prezi.com/zauxx0bjg-ow/introduction-to-postmodernism/

Presentation: http://prezi.com/3lwn0sxrg4pm/20th-c-am-lit-midterm-preview/

Lecture Presentation: http://prezi.com/6c_w39yuqq4v/hemingway/

Lecture Presentation: http://prezi.com/_kvtg7jxycio/william-faulkner/

During our first class I attempted to place the Modernist tradition of 20th Century literature within the framework of the preceding periods, beginning with the "faith-based" writings of the early European settlers, progressing through the "reason-based" thought of the Enlightenment, on through the "emotion-based" underpinnings of the Romantic and Transcendentalist movements, and finally to the "reality-based" methods of the late 18th Century. The following lecture attempted to outline the historical and literary background of Modernism.