Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Pub

"Ginsberg is both tragic and dynamic, a lyrical genius...probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Whitman." --Bob Dylan

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.

Author: Allen Ginsberg
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 10/10/2006
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780061137457

Review Citation(s):
New York Review of Books 09/27/2007 pg. 68

About the Author
Ginsberg, Allen: -

Allen Ginsberg was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters as well as a winner of the National Book Award for Poetry. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1926, and died in New York City in 1997.