Howl : and other poems/
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
Howl : and other poems/ by Allen Ginsberg ; [with an introduction by William Carlos Williams.] - San Francisco : City Lights Books, 2000. - 57 pages; 16 cm. - The Pocket poets series ; no. 4. .
Originally published: San Francisco : City Lights Books, c1956.
The prophetic poem that launched a generation when it was first published in 1956 is here presented in a commemorative 40th Anniversary Edition. Originally published by City Lights Books in the Fall of 1956 and subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police, it was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of distinguished literary and academic witnesses persuaded the court that the title poem was not obscene and that it had "redeeming social significance." Thus was Howl and Other Poems freed to become possibly the most influential poetic work of the post World War II era, with over 1,000,000 copies now in print.--Adapted from page [4] of cover.
9780872860179 0872860175 9780872863101 0872863107
American poetry--20th century.
Beat generation--Poetry.
Poetry.
Howl : and other poems/ by Allen Ginsberg ; [with an introduction by William Carlos Williams.] - San Francisco : City Lights Books, 2000. - 57 pages; 16 cm. - The Pocket poets series ; no. 4. .
Originally published: San Francisco : City Lights Books, c1956.
The prophetic poem that launched a generation when it was first published in 1956 is here presented in a commemorative 40th Anniversary Edition. Originally published by City Lights Books in the Fall of 1956 and subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police, it was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of distinguished literary and academic witnesses persuaded the court that the title poem was not obscene and that it had "redeeming social significance." Thus was Howl and Other Poems freed to become possibly the most influential poetic work of the post World War II era, with over 1,000,000 copies now in print.--Adapted from page [4] of cover.
9780872860179 0872860175 9780872863101 0872863107
American poetry--20th century.
Beat generation--Poetry.
Poetry.