401. Lipton, USC interview, 1961-12-12; Lipton on romantic love, 1961-12-09

Tape 401, side 1) Lawrence Lipton in a discussion with University of Southern California (USC) group regarding his interview for the library, 1961 December 12 (0:03), on Japanese, language, subversity, beat generation, citizens vs. outlaws, allegiance to the mores of society, enclaves, state within a state, politics, post WWII and Korean War disaffiliation vs. reintegration, communes, communism, alienation, the U.S. as a non-intellectual society. ❧ Tape 401, side 2) Lawrence Lipton, on romantic love (0:06), with unidentified woman (with a child) and an unidentified man present as well, 1961 December 9, on courtly love, marriage, romance, idyllic perceptions, man and woman relationship, Middle Ages, nobility vs gentry, Lipton reads his poem "The day they crowned the warrior, priest and king" (16:26) with commentary interspersed, King Solomon, returning man to the scientific world, anihilation by the bomb, ritual drama, state religions vs. religions of the masses. -- TIMES indicate where sections begin