Allen Ginsberg

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Virginia

Personally selected by Allen Ginsberg, Selected Poems 1947-1995 is the definitive collection of the best works of one of the most influential and revolutionary poets of the twentieth century. Allen Ginsberg, famous for helping catalyze the Beat Generation, wrote poetry for over fifty years. His innovative verse and provocative attitudes of spiritual, political, and sexual liberation inspired countless poets and musicians, visual and performance artists worldwide, and helped shape several generations' views of the world. Selected Poems 1947-1995 commemorated Ginsberg's brilliant career as one of America's most distinguished poets. Here are well-known masterpieces such as the lyric "Howl" and the narrative "Kaddish"--classic works of American literature--as well as more recent gems, the long dream poem "White Shroud," the visionary "After Lalon," and the political rock lyric "The Ballad of the Skeletons," a song he recorded in 1996 with a stellar band that included Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye, and Paul McCartney.

Allen Ginsberg Selected Poems, 1947-1995

e0a7754a-dbcc-4693-b7b6-7875a4b9a276-1

1947-1995

Allen Ginsberg is one of America's most distinguished living poets. Famous as a catalyst for the Beat Generation literary movement, his raw, innovative verse and provocative attitudes of spiritual, political, and sexual liberation have inspired countless poets, musicians, and visual and performance artists around the world. Selected Poems commemorates his brilliant career. Featuring such well-known masterpieces as the lyric Howl and the elegiac Kaddish, it also includes more recent works like the dream poem White Shroud, the visionary After Lalon, and the political rock lyric The Ballad of the Skeletons, a song he recorded in 1996 with Paul McCartney, Lenny Kaye, and Philip Glass. With a retrospective Apologia that places the poems from each decade in their historical and literary context, as well as accessible and illuminating notes and indexes, Selected Poems is a necessary addition to the libraries of all Ginsberg enthusiasts.The new generation reading Ginsberg's Selected Poems] will find...that Ginsberg's 'force field of language' still exerts a powerful imaginative pressure.--Helen Vendler, New Yorker

Category - Fiction / Poetry

Format - Paperback

Condition - Good

Listed - 4 months ago

Views - 1

Ships From - Virginia

Est. Publication Date - Sep 1997

Additional Information

Publisher Description

Selected Poems

By:

$7.00

Condition

Format

Meet the seller

Discover more

Selected Poems

By: Allen Ginsberg

'Selected Poems' readers also enjoyed:

Additional titles by Allen Ginsberg

Recently Viewed

Browse by categories

Category - Fiction / Poetry

Format - Paperback

Condition - Good

Listed - 4 months ago

Views - 1

Ships From - Virginia

Est. Publication Date - Sep 1997

Additional Information

Publisher Description

Selected Poems

By:

$7.00

Condition

Format

Meet the seller

Discover more

Selected Poems

By: Allen Ginsberg

'Selected Poems' readers also enjoyed:

Additional titles by Allen Ginsberg

Recently Viewed