Allen Ginsberg Howl Analysis
California came onto the national stage in the summer of 1957 with the sudden arrest of Shigeyoshi Murao and surrendering of Lawrence Ferlinghetti in regards to the publishing and selling of Howl by Allen Ginsberg. Prosecuting Ferlinghetti was an advance in the broader crusade “to protect families by keeping controversial expression, like that in “Howl,” out of newspapers and off airwaves.” The rise of juvenile delinquency encouraged radical conservatives to seek out contentious content and remove it from society in an attempt to save the American public and give the United States a fighting chance in the Cold War. Members of either side of the debate were animate for their cause. Conservative leaders in the United States were fearful that