The Poem That Changed America: Howl Fifty Years Later

Shinder, Jason

ISBN 10: 0374173435 / ISBN 13: 9780374173432

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0374173435I4N10

Synopsis:

A tribute to Ginsberg’s signature work, which stirred a generation of angel-headed hipsters to cultural rebellion.
 
In 1956, City Lights, a small San Francisco bookstore, published Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems with its trademark black-and-white cover. The original edition cost seventy-five cents, but there was something priceless about its eponymous piece. Although it gave a voice to the new generation that came of age in the conservative years following World War II, the poem also conferred a strange, subversive power that continues to exert its influence to this day. Ginsberg went on to become one of the most eminent and celebrated writers of the second half of the twentieth century, and “Howl” became the critical axis of the worldwide literary, cultural, and political movement that would be known as the Beat generation.
 
The year 2006 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of “Howl,” and The Poem That Changed America will celebrate and shed new light on this profound cultural work. With new essays by many of today’s most distinguished writers, including Frank Bidart, Andrei Codrescu, Vivian Gornick, Phillip Lopate, Daphne Merkin, Rick Moody, Robert Pinsky, and Luc Sante, The Poem That Changed America reveals the pioneering influence of “Howl” down through the decades and its powerful resonance today.
 

About the Authors:

Jason Shinder’s most recent collection of poetry is Among Women. He is co-editing the letters between Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and teaches in the Writing Seminars at Bennington College.

Jason Shinder’s most recent collection of poetry is Among Women. He is co-editing the letters between Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and teaches in the Writing Seminars at Bennington College.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Poem That Changed America: Howl Fifty ...
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket