Allen Ginsberg: A Biography - Softcover

Miles, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753504863 ISBN 13: 9780753504864

Publisher: Virgin Books, 2000

Synopsis

In part thanks to early friendships with renegades such as Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and William Burroughs, and his publication of the electrifying and brilliant 'Howl', Allen Ginsberg occupies a significant and enduring position in American literature. Following Ginsberg's death in 1997, Barry Miles, drawing both on his long friendship with the poet and on Ginsberg's journals and correspondence, thoroughly updated and revised his immensely readable account of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary poets.

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Review:

"This is a scholarly work and also much fun." (Guardian)

"Will surely be consulted as an Ur-text for decades to come. Read it at the end, along with Ginsberg's fifteen best books, and you'll know why he matters." (Michael Horowitz Sunday Times)

"Skilfully evokes the poet's childhood, authoritatively expresses his opinions on sundry matters of later life and work, gives him his due as lifeforce of youthful rebellion and in the 1960s counter. Read it; you'll enjoy yourself." (Paul Berman New York Times)

"Concentrating on the simultaneity of the public and private in Ginsberg's life, Miles gives us a richer insight into his poetic value - and a better read - than many a tight-lipped critical filleting." (Saul Frampton Time Out)

Book Description:

This seminal biography has been repackaged and refreshed to form a core part of Virgin's counter-cultural backlist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0753504863
• ISBN 13: 9780753504864
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640