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Howl and other poems [Signed & inscribed]

Howl and other poems [Signed & inscribed]

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Howl and other poems [Signed & inscribed]

by Ginsberg, Allen

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Very good to near fine. Seems unread. Very light discoloration along top edge of front and back covers. Light sunning to spine a
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San Francisco, Calif: City Light Books, 1983. 32nd printing. Paperback. Very good to near fine. Seems unread. Very light discoloration along top edge of front and back covers. Light sunning to spine and covers.. Paperback white and black octavo. 48 pages, 16cm. Inscribed and illustrated (a flower) by Ginsberg on cover page. Inscribed. || Beat generation. Confessional poetry.

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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Title
Howl and other poems [Signed & inscribed]
Author
Ginsberg, Allen
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very good to near fine. Seems unread. Very light discoloration along top edge of front and back covers. Light sunning to spine a
Quantity Available
1
Edition
32nd printing
Publisher
City Light Books
Place of Publication
San Francisco, Calif
Date Published
1983
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Poetry;

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