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by: Allen Ginsberg
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780061137457
ISBN: 0061137456
Label: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: October 01, 2006
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Sales Rank: 92764
Studio: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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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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Rating: - Essential for Ginsberg Fans and Spontaneous Writers Afraid of Revision
Considering Ginsberg embraced Kerouac's "First thought, best thought," motto, Howl's 50th anniversary edition, which includes many photocopied pages of handwritten and typed revisions, proves Ginsberg did plenty of revisiting and change to those first thoughts. Choosing better, more musical adjectives, adding to and shaping his images to enhance the mental scenery, and the great big cross-outs in pencil, turn this long, occasionally tough read into something wondrous.
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