Howl and Other Poems (The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four)
by GINSBERG, Allen
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, 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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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 541424
- Title
- Howl and Other Poems (The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four)
- Author
- GINSBERG, Allen
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- City Lights Pocket Bookshop
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Poetry, FirstBook
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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