Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, With Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First ... Skirmishes, Presursor Texts, and Bibliography - Brossura

Ginsberg, Allen

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ISBN 10: 0061137456 ISBN 13: 9780061137457

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Riassunto

First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg's Howl is a prophetic masterpiece—an epic raging against dehumanizing society that overcame censorship trials and obscenity charges to become one of the most widely read poems of the century. This annotated version of Ginsberg's classic is the poet's own re-creation of the revolutionary work's composition process—as well as a treasure trove of anecdotes, an intimate look at the poet's writing techniques, and a veritable social history of the 1950s.

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Recensione:

“Taken all together, Ginsberg’s poems are X-rays of a considerable part of American society during the last four decades.” (The New Yorker)

“Ginsberg is both tragic and dynamic, a lyrical genius...probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Whitman.” (Bob Dylan)

L'autore:

Allen Ginsberg was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters as well as a winner of the National Book Award for Poetry. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1926, and died in New York City in 1997.

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• Editore: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0061137456
• ISBN 13: 9780061137457
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 194
• Redattore: Miles Barry