Critically examine the theme of desire in two poems by Ginsberg that we have studied this semester. What
kinds of desire do the poems explore and how is desire represented? In your response you must engage
with relevant ideas from the Bennett and Royle chapter on “Desire”.
In your response you must discuss two of the following poems by Allen Ginsberg from "Howl, Kaddish and
Other Poems":
“Howl”; “America”; “Kaddish”; “Sunflower Sutra”; “A Supermarket in California”. Do not base your
response on any other poems.
Also Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle's Chapter 27 on "Desire" is in "An introduction to Literature,
Criticism and Theory"
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