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Howl and other poems : 40th Anniversary Edition.

Howl and other poems : 40th Anniversary Edition.

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Howl and other poems : 40th Anniversary Edition.

by Ginsberg, Allen

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VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers./No Jacket
ISBN 10
0872863107
ISBN 13
9780872863101
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San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1996. hard cover. VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers./No Jacket. The pocket poets series. 17 cm.

Synopsis

"Howl" was originally written as a performance piece by a young, new poet, Allen Ginsberg.  When published by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1956, Howl broke so many social taboos that copies were impounded as obscene, and  Ferlinghetti arrested. In 1957 the courts ruled that the poem was not obscene, and "Howl" went on to become the most popular poem of the Beat Generation. I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix; Angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Howl and other poems : 40th Anniversary Edition.
Author
Ginsberg, Allen
Format/Binding
Hard cover
Book Condition
Used - VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers.
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0872863107
ISBN 13
9780872863101
Publisher
City Lights Books
Place of Publication
San Francisco
Date Published
1996
Pages
57

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