From the rear cover
Featuring the legendary and groundbreaking poem "Howl," this remarkable volume showcases a selection of Allen Ginsberg's poems, songs, essays, letters, journals, and interviews, and contains sixteen pages of his personal photographs.
One of the Beat Generation's most renowned poets and writers, Allen Ginsberg became internationally famous not only for his published works but also for his actions as a human rights activist who championed the sexual revolution, gay liberation, Buddhism and Eastern religion, and the confrontation of societal norms--all before it became fashionable to do so. He was also the dynamic leader of war protesters, artists, Flower Power hippies, musicians, punks, and political radicals.
The Essential Ginsberg collects a mosaic of material that displays the full range of Ginsberg's mental landscape. His most important poems, songs, essays, letters, journals, and interviews are displayed in chronological order. His poetic masterpieces, "Howl" and "Kaddish," are presented here along with lesser-known and difficult-to-find songs and prose. Personal correspondence with William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac is included, as well as photographs--shot and captioned by Ginsberg himself--of his friends and fellow rogues William Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and others.
Through his essays, journals, interviews, and letters, this definitive volume will inspire readers to delve deeper into a body of work that remains one of the most impressive literary canons in American history.
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- Title The Essential Ginsberg
- Author Allen Ginsberg
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2015-05-26
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780062362285 / 0062362283
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 1.3 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 3.30 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Life Writings
- Library of Congress subjects American poetry, Essays
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014034852
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/15/2015, Page 11
- Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/2015, Page 0
- Library Journal, 03/01/2015, Page 87
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