The Essential Ginsberg

Informationen zum Autor Allen Ginsberg Klappentext Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an American poet, best known for his iconic Howl , one of the most widely read and translated poems of the century, for celebrating his friends of the Beat Generation and for attacking what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in the United States at the time. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, was awarded the medal of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, and won the National Book Award for The Fall of America. Zusammenfassung Allen Ginsberg was one of the most influential cultural and literary figures of the 20th century, his face and political causes familiar to millions who had never even read his poetry. This book attempts to offers a portrait of this poet by bringing together his poetry, journals, music, photographs and letters, much of it never before published.

Product details

• Authors: Allen Ginsberg, Ginsberg Allen
• Assisted by: Michael Schumacher (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.05.2015
• EAN: 9780141398990
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139899-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; PENGUIN CLASSIC; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics; PENGUIN CLASSIC
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; POETRY / General, Poetry / poems by individual poets, on the road; howl; ginsberg; beat poetry; kerouac