1955年秋日某夜,被称为“垮掉文人”的一帮习气相投的反学院派美国诗人在加州圣弗兰西斯科第六画室举办了一次诗歌朗诵会。在这次后来载入诗史的朗诵会上,时年30的艾伦·金斯堡(1926—1997)以他如波涛涌动又如疾风暴雨般的声音形成的强劲语流“倾泻”了他的新作《嚎叫》。朗诵会现场的爆炸性反应与朗诵会后的巨大冲击波使此一时刻有了“垮掉的一代诞生之夜”一说。“垮掉的一代”作为一个新的文学流派也具有了“事件性”的标志并广为人知。自此,金斯堡的大名亦与长诗《嚎叫》形影相系。这既是他名噪天下的时刻,也是他诗风形成或确立的标志。但此“名”乃“恶名”。《嚎叫》这样的诗以及紧随其后问世的小说 One night on the autumn of 1955, a group of dismissed anti-academic American poets known as the “Beat Literati” held a poetry reading in the sixth studio in San Francisco, California. At this recital, which later included the history of poetry, Alan Ginsburg (1926-1997) of the Year 30 “poured” him with the powerful language of his surging and stormy sound New work “howl”. The explosive reaction of the recital scene and the huge shock wave after the recitation led to the “night of birth of a belated generation” at this time. The “Beat Generation” as a new genre of literature also has the “event” sign and is widely known. Since then, Kingsburg’s name also with the poem “Howl” shadow phase. This is not only a moment when he is famous in the world, but also a sign of the formation or establishment of his poetry style. But this “name” is “notorious.” The poem “howl” and the novel that comes out later