How Allen Ginsberg Humanized Madness.

The article focuses on American poet Allen Ginsberg's experience at the New York State Psychiatric Institute in 1949, which influenced his iconic poem "Howl" and his efforts to humanize both madness and psychiatry. Topics include the psychiatric practices of the time; including how homosexuality was regarded as a symptom of mental illness; Ginsberg's struggle with his own sexuality; and how his psychiatric treatment shaped his views on madness and liberation.