Howl and other poems [Signed & inscribed]
by Ginsberg, Allen
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good to near fine. Seems unread. Very light discoloration along top edge of front and back covers. Light sunning to spine a
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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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
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89144
- 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
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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