Howl, Kaddish and other poems /

By: Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin modern classicsPublication details: London : Penguin, 2009Edition: Joint edDescription: viii, 117 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141190167; 0141190167Contained works: Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Poems. Selections. 1956 | Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Kaddish and other poemsSubject(s): American poetry -- 20th century | Poetry -- Collections | American poetry | PoetryGenre/Form: Collections.
Contents:
Howl and other poems. Originally published: San Francisco, Calif.: City Lights, 1956 -- Kaddish and other poems. Originally published: San Francisco, Calif.: City Lights, 1961.
Summary: "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.
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Originally published: in 2 v.

Howl and other poems. Originally published: San Francisco, Calif.: City Lights, 1956 -- Kaddish and other poems. Originally published: San Francisco, Calif.: City Lights, 1961.

"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.