![]() Mr Ginsberg was their outrageous Byron, although far from handsome and in love with men rather than women. In their pursuit of “flower power” some sought a return to nature. The beats rejected the rationality of normal living. ![]() The curious era in American culture that produced the beat generation (from beatitude or deadbeat: take your pick) was in some ways a reliving of England's 19th-century romantic movement. ![]() And as a connoisseur of dope, the American must have a chat with De Quincey about the virtues of opium. He would have recognised a fellow romantic and quite likely invited him along to meet Keats and Byron. Mr Ginsberg entered, dropped to his knees and kissed the carpet, much to the surprise of the occupant, who was making tea. ![]() His companion was uncertain of their whereabouts, but pointed hopefully to a door. WHEN Allen Ginsberg was being shown around an Oxford college he asked to see the rooms Shelley had used. ![]()
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