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''The Fall of America: Poems of These States, 1965–1971'' is a collection of poetry by Allen Ginsberg, published by City Lights in 1973, for which Ginsberg shared the annual U.S. National Book Award for Poetry.〔 ("National Book Awards – 1974" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-07. (With acceptance speech by Ginsberg and essay by John Murillo from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)〕 It is characterized by a prophetic tone inspired by William Blake and Walt Whitman, as well as an objective view characterized by William Carlos Williams. The content is more overtly political than most of his previous poetry with many of the poems about Ginsberg's condemnation of America's actions in Vietnam. Current events such as the Moon Landing and the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the death of Che Guevara, and personal events such as the death of Ginsberg’s friend and former lover Neal Cassady are also topics. Many of the poems were initially composed on an Uher Tape recorder, purchased by Ginsberg with the help of Bob Dylan. ==Style== ''The Fall of America'' blends poetry, travel writing, personal experience, radio news broadcasts, popular songs, newspaper headlines, and journalistic observations, to give it a multilayered and spontaneous effect. It marks Ginsberg’s movement toward a more complete spontaneous style of expression. Some of the poems included in this collection are: *"Beginning of a Poem of These States" *"Elegy For Neal Cassady" *"On Neal's Ashes" *"Please Master” *"Hum Bom!" *"September on Jessore Road" For ''Collected Poems'' Ginsberg grouped ''Wichita Vortex Sutra'' from ''Planet News'' and all of ''Iron Horse'' together under the heading ''The Fall of America''. Poems included under the heading ''The Fall of America'' in ''Collected Poems 1947-1980'' and in ''Collected Poems 1947-1997'': *"First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hells Angels" *"Wichita Vortex Sutra" *"Iron Horse (Poem)" *"City Midnight Junk Strains" *"Wales Visitation" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Fall of America: Poems of These States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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