Title: overrated
Product review: I reacted to the news of Ginsberg's death in much the same way that Edward Fitzgerald reacted to the news of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's death. Ginsberg is overrated. This in itself is not catastrophic, but he has also exercised too great an influence on other poets, who have mistaken, as Strunk and White would say, spontaneity for genius. I have seen "Howl" praised by one reviewer as "the ONLY brilliant American poem in existence," apparently forgetful that there was once a book called "Leaves of Grass," among others; which shows that the grounds on which Ginsberg is praised are often too filmsy to offer real support.
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