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Indian Journals
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Indian Journals Paperback - 1996

by Allen Ginsberg

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The leading poet of the Beat generation and late twentieth-century American letters, a spokesman for the anti-war generation, an icon of the counterculture, Allen Ginsberg led a movement that profoundly altered the American literary and cultural landscapes. Indian Journals collects Ginsberg's writing from a 1962-63 stay in India, offering a wonderfully eclectic, visionary, and, at times, intensely private account of his time there. Photos.

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From the publisher

The collected writings from a 1962-63 stay in India from one of "one of the most influential poets in America" (The New York Times Book Review)

The leading poet of the Beat generation and late-twentieth-century American letters, a spokesman for the antiwar generation, an icon of the counterculture, Allen Ginsberg led a movement that profoundly altered the American literary and cultural landscapes. Indian Journals collects Ginsberg's writing from a 1962-63 stay in India. It is wonderfully far-reaching, imaginative, at times intensely private, and always in possession of a hallucinatory clarity that affirms Ginsberg's truly great ability, as well as his ebullient spirit.

Indian Journals took half a decade to transcribe and edit; when it was originally published in 1970 it catalyzed a large movement of young Western pilgrims to explore India and Eastern thought. This perfect combination of text and images, Indian Journals is testimony to Ginsberg's passionate interest in Eastern religion and mysticism and contains the initial ideas that compose some of his greatest poems. Published more than thirty years ago, Ginsberg's intimate writings on India will be reissued in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Howl's publication.

"Ginsberg is both tragic and dynamic, a lyrical genius, a con man extraordinaire and probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Whitman."--Bob Dylan

From the rear cover

The leading poet of the Beat generation and late-twentieth century American letters, a spokesman for the antiwar generation, an icon of the counterculture, Allen Ginsberg led a movement that profoundly altered the American literary and cultural landscapes. Indian Journals collects Ginsberg's writing from a 1962-63 stay in India. It is wonderfully eclectic, visionary, at times intensely private, and always in possession of a hallucinatory clarity that affirms Ginsberg's truly great ability, as well as his ebullient spirit. Indian Journals took half a decade to transcribe and edit; when it was originally published in 1970 it catalyzed a large movement of young Western pilgrims to explore India and Eastern thought. This new edition contains an updated and expanded section of newly discovered photographs taken by Ginsberg during his time spent in India. The perfect combination of text and images, Indian Journals is testimony to Ginsberg's passionate interest in Eastern religion and mysticism and contains the raw materials for some of his most important poems.

Details

  • Title Indian Journals
  • Author Allen Ginsberg
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 210
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York
  • Publication date 1996-08-13
  • ISBN 9780802134752 / 0802134750
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.27 x 5.5 x 0.67 in (21.01 x 13.97 x 1.70 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects India - Description and travel, Poets, American - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96020912
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was a poet, activist, and one of the Beat Generation's most renowned writers. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and cofounder of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute. He won the National Book Award for Poetry, and his groundbreaking poem "Howl" is one of the most widely read and translated poems of the century.

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