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Howl and Other Poems

Howl and Other Poems

Howl and Other Poems
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Howl and Other Poems

by Ginsberg, Allen; (Introduction by William Carlos Williams; Edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti)

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ISBN 10
0872860175
ISBN 13
9780872860179
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San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1982. 4.75" wide by 6.25" tall. Clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. Not price clipped (2.50). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. "The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four." The book's dedication is to Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. Later printing of the 1956 original. Softcover. Very Good condition. 47pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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's Inventory #
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Title
Howl and Other Poems
Author
Ginsberg, Allen; (Introduction by William Carlos Williams; Edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good condition
Edition
Later printing of the 1956 original
ISBN 10
0872860175
ISBN 13
9780872860179
Publisher
City Lights Books
Place of Publication
San Francisco
Date Published
1982
Size
47pp
Bookseller catalogs
Poetry / Poets;

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