Allen Ginsberg Boeken

Exploring the composition of a groundbreaking poem, this annotated edition offers insights into Allen Ginsberg's creative process and the societal context of the 1950s. It features personal anecdotes and reflections on writing techniques, providing a deeper understanding of the themes that challenge dehumanization and censorship. Ginsberg's work not only defied obscenity trials but also emerged as a defining voice of its era, making this version a rich resource for readers interested in poetry and social history.

Gathers all of Ginsberg's poems in the order in which they were published, and includes notes and a brief introduction by the author

Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, this autobiographical narrative explores the author's experiences across America, providing crucial context to Ginsberg's acclaimed National Book Award-winning poetry. Through personal reflections and vivid storytelling, it captures the cultural and social upheaval of the era, revealing how these influences shaped his literary voice and vision.

"[An] essential Beat masterpiece." --The Village Voice. Perhaps one of the last great dual correspondences of the twentieth century, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters reveals not only the process of creation of the two most celebrated members of the Beat Generation, but also the unfolding of a remarkable friendship of immense pathos and spiritual depth. Through this exhilarating exchange of letters, two-thirds of which have never been published before, Kerouac and Ginsberg emerge first and foremost as writers of artistic passion, innovation, and genius. Vivid and enthralling, the letters, which date from their first meeting in 1944 to Kerouac's untimely death in 1969, chronicle the endless struggle, anguish, and sacrifice involved in giving form to their literary visions.

Here, for the first time, is a volume that gathers the published verse of Allen Ginsberg in its entirety, a half century of brilliant work from one of America's great poets. As the chief figure among the Beats, Ginsberg changed the course of American poetry, liberating it from closed academic forms with the creation of open, vocal, spontaneous, and energetic postmodern verse. Ginsberg's raw tones and attitudes of spiritual liberation also helped catalyze a psychological revolution that has become a permanent part of our cultural heritage, profoundly influencing not only poetry, popular song, and speech but also our view of the world

Presented chronologically, this anthology includes material by Ginsberg's artist friends, explanatory notes and a prefatory essay by the author. Work from the City Lights volume is included, with essays and pamphlets previously published by small presses and some hitherto unpublished material.

Far from merely paying respect to a man proclaimed as one of the key figures of twentieth-century American literary and cultural history, this volume provocatively recreates the impassioned voice of Ginsberg as man, poet, revolutionary and political activist. Always witty and engaging, this collection of interviews from throughout Ginsberg's career reveals his attitudes towards poetry and drugs, his literary influences and personal relationships.

One of the longest relationships between a publisher and a writer, documented in an intimate correspondence spanning their respective careers.

"This volume brings together the poems that made his name as a defining figure of the counter-culture. They include the apocalyptic Howl, which became the subject of an obscenity trial when it was first published in 1956; the moving lament for his mother, Kaddish; the searing indictment of his honmeland, America; and the confessional Mescaline"--Cover.

Gives not only a personal glimpse into the life of one of the great US poets, but also the story of a relationship between a father and a son. This work presents a collection of letters, written between the years 1944 and 1976. The letters that take you inside the mind of America's most influential post-war poet.