Howl

Drawn from fifty years of experimental, ground-breaking verse, this selection, in Ginberg''s words ''summarizes what I deem most honest, most penetrant of my writing''. It includes the major poems ''Howl'' and ''Kaddish'', but also important early work, songs, uncollected poems and notes from the author that go beyond his iconic Beat Generation image. Intensely personal and incandescently brilliant, Howl and Other Poems is a core Ginsberg text, and celebrates '' Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul!''

About the author

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. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Allen Ginsberg
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 14.05.2026
• EAN: 9780241794050
• ISBN: 978-0-241-79405-0
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 204 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Hardbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, POETRY / American / General, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets