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by: Gregory Corso
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780811200264
ISBN: 0811200264
Label: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 120
Publication Date: 1970-06
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Sales Rank: 191224
Studio: New Directions Publishing Corporation
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Rating: - the first book of American poetry I ever fell in love with..
Corso in this book writes in a clear, concise language, a rabid indictment of alot of America. He is written off as one of many: standing in the line of poets behind Ginsberg and Kerouac BUT, at least technically, probably either equals or surpasses them.
This was the book that allowed me to see mid-twentieth century American poetry okay (in high school) when I wanted to write it off as a bunch of wasted filth. I've since come around to a lot more of it.... ;)
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Rating: - Great Poetry...
This is a great book of poetry by a sadly neglected American poet. Corso is probably one of the greatest poets of the twentieth-century, and yet academics will dismiss him as a "Beatnik."
In this book, Corso steers away from grandoise language and imagery, in favor of more "clear" language and ideas. But it is powerful in its compactness indeed. Get this book, and find out for yourself.
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