Howl and Other Poems (SIGNED BY 5 OF THE BOOK'S PRINCIPAL FIGURES)
by Allen Ginsberg
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13503
- Title
- Howl and Other Poems (SIGNED BY 5 OF THE BOOK'S PRINCIPAL FIGURES)
- Author
- Allen Ginsberg
- Format/Binding
- Original wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- City Lights Pocket Bookshop
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- rare poetry, rare Allen Ginsberg, signed copies of "Howl", rare copies of "Howl", rare Beat literature, rare Beat poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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