Imatge de l'autor

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)

Autor/a de Howl and Other Poems

278+ obres 19,926 Membres 222 Ressenyes 103 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of poet and teacher Louis Ginsberg. In 1948, he received a B.A. degree from Columbia University. Ginsberg began writing poetry while still in school and first gained wide public recognition in 1956 with the long poem Howl. Howl has had a mostra'n més stormy history. When it was first recited at poetry readings, audiences cheered wildly. It was published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights Books and printed in England. Before the printed copies could be distributed, however they were seized by U.S. custom officials as obscene. After a famous court case in which the poem was found not to be obscene, the work sold rapidly and Ginsberg's reputation was assured. Regarded as the foremost port of the Beat generation (as group of rebellious writers who opposed conformity and sough intensity of experience), Ginsberg's work is concerned with many subjects of contemporary interest, including drugs, sexual confusion, the voluntary poverty of the artist and rebel, and rejection of society. He is a poet with a significant message, and his criticism of American society is part of a long tradition of American writers who have questioned their country's values. Ginsberg received numerous honors, including a Woodbury Poetry Prize, a National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, and a National Book Award for poetry. Ginsberg was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1995 for his book Cosmopolitan Greetings: Poems 1986-1992. Ever the Bohemian, he had numerous occupations throughout his lifetime including dishwasher, porter, book reviewer, and spot welder. He died in April 1997 of complications due to liver cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: William S. Burroughs, 1953

Sèrie

Obres de Allen Ginsberg

Howl and Other Poems (1956) 5,532 exemplars
Junky (1953) — Introducció — 4,836 exemplars
Collected Poems 1947-1980 (1984) 897 exemplars
Collected Poems 1947-1997 (2006) 683 exemplars
The Yage Letters (1963) 647 exemplars
Reality Sandwiches: 1953-1960 (1963) 504 exemplars
Howl (1986) 395 exemplars
Planet News 1961 - 1967 (1968) 226 exemplars
Journals: Early Fifties, Early Sixties (1977) — Autor — 219 exemplars
Howl: A Graphic Novel (2010) — Autor — 198 exemplars
White Shroud: Poems 1980-1985 (1986) 190 exemplars
Indian Journals (1970) — Autor — 180 exemplars
Illuminated Poems (1996) 148 exemplars
The Essential Ginsberg (2015) 113 exemplars
The Letters of Allen Ginsberg (2008) 89 exemplars
Allen Ginsberg Photographs (1990) 51 exemplars
Composed on the Tongue (1980) 49 exemplars
Aullido (1976) 49 exemplars
Empty mirror; early poems (1961) 48 exemplars
Howl and Kaddish (1997) 40 exemplars
Wholly Communion [1966 film] (1966) 35 exemplars
Iron Horse (1973) 30 exemplars
Gay Sunshine Interview (1974) — Subject — 28 exemplars
'Beat' Poets (1961) — Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
T.V. baby poems (1967) 19 exemplars
Wichita Vortex Sutra (1966) 18 exemplars
Ankor Wat (1968) 17 exemplars
Allen Ginsburg : Poems selected by Mark Ford (2008) — Autor — 15 exemplars
Chicago trial testimony (1975) 15 exemplars
Poems All Over the Place (1978) 14 exemplars
New American Review 11 (1971) 12 exemplars
Poemas escogidos (1997) 11 exemplars
Your Reason and Blake's System (1988) 9 exemplars
Mantra del Re di Maggio (1976) 8 exemplars
Cartas (Spanish Edition) (2012) 7 exemplars
Muchos amores (2000) 7 exemplars
Gedichte (1999) 7 exemplars
Jargon 31: 14 Poets, 1 Artist: December 12-14, 1958, New York (1958) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Diario beat (1997) 6 exemplars
Journal, 1952-1962 (1984) 6 exemplars
Beatitude Anthology (1960) 6 exemplars
Ballad of the Skeletons (1996) 4 exemplars
Philip Glass: Hydrogen Jukebox (1990) 4 exemplars
Mind Writing Slogans (1994) 4 exemplars
The Riverside Interviews: 1 (1980) 3 exemplars
Wales--A Visitation. (1967) 3 exemplars
Mostly Sitting Haiku (1978) 3 exemplars
Poèmes (2012) 3 exemplars
Tårgas & solrosor 3 exemplars
Improvised poetics (1972) 3 exemplars
Luminous Dreams (1997) 3 exemplars
Jukebox all' idrogeno (1971) 2 exemplars
Lettres choisies (1943-1997) (2013) 2 exemplars
Correspondance: (1944-1969) (2014) — Autor — 2 exemplars
Allen Ginsberg and Friends. (1999) 2 exemplars
Journaux Indiens (1984) 2 exemplars
The Last Word On First Blues (2016) 2 exemplars
Poesie da cantare 2 exemplars
Fotografier 1947-87 (1987) 2 exemplars
Utwory poetyckie (1984) 2 exemplars
Many Loves (SC) 2 exemplars
Open head (Sun poetry series) (1972) 2 exemplars
New Year Blues (1972) 2 exemplars
Old love story 2 exemplars
Kvílení (1990) 2 exemplars
Scrap Leaves (SC) (1968) 2 exemplars
Poesie 1947-1995 (2019) 1 exemplars
Prosa (2022) 1 exemplars
Listy 1 exemplars
Lion for Real 1 exemplars
La ‰caduta dell'America (1996) 1 exemplars
Ulua 1 exemplars
Journals 1 exemplars
Autumn Leaves 1 exemplars
Howl [Aullido] 1 exemplars
Allen Ginsberg On Tour (1984) 1 exemplars
Intrepid #6 (1966) 1 exemplars
Kulchur (Issue Number One) (1960) 1 exemplars
Antología 1 exemplars
Kaddish 1 exemplars
Május királya (1990) 1 exemplars
Careless Love (1978) 1 exemplars
Kvílení a jiné básně (2015) 1 exemplars
Punk Rock Your My Big Crybaby (1977) 1 exemplars
Guru 1 exemplars
Old Pond Song (1979) 1 exemplars
Vytie (1991) 1 exemplars
Kral Majales 1 exemplars
Visiting Father & Friends (SC) (1993) 1 exemplars
Poems (1998) 1 exemplars
Poem, Interview, Photographs (1994) 1 exemplars
Antología Poética 1 exemplars
Urlo 1 exemplars
Bombay Gin (Issue #7) (1979) 1 exemplars
DAS GEHEUL UND ANDERE GEDICHTE (1959) 1 exemplars
Meditation Rock 1 exemplars
"The Rune" 1 exemplars
New Venture Investment (2003) 1 exemplars
Village Voice 1 exemplars
America 1 exemplars
Ημερολόγια (1993) 1 exemplars
Ginsberg Allen 1 exemplars
Catullus: Selected Poems (1991) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

El almuerzo desnudo ( (1962) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions6,982 exemplars
The Portable Beat Reader (Viking Portable Library) (1992) — Col·laborador — 1,459 exemplars
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Col·laborador — 1,254 exemplars
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions915 exemplars
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Col·laborador — 829 exemplars
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry (1990) — Col·laborador — 749 exemplars
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) — Col·laborador — 593 exemplars
A Pocket Book of Modern Verse (1954) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions443 exemplars
Kerouac: A Biography (1973) — Fotògraf — 400 exemplars
Contemporary American Poetry (1962) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions384 exemplars
City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology (1995) — Col·laborador — 352 exemplars
The Portable Sixties Reader (2002) — Col·laborador — 324 exemplars
The New American Poetry 1945-1960 (1960) — Col·laborador — 317 exemplars
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (1998) — Col·laborador — 275 exemplars
The Beat Book (1996) — Pròleg, algunes edicions257 exemplars
The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (1983) — Col·laborador — 236 exemplars
Blake's Poetry and Designs [Norton Critical Edition, 2nd ed.] (2007) — Col·laborador — 216 exemplars
Mindfield: New and Selected Poems (1989) — Pròleg, algunes edicions; Pròleg, algunes edicions193 exemplars
Three Novels: The Soft Machine, Nova Express, the Wild Boys (1980) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions182 exemplars
Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (Stonewall Inn Editions) (1836) — Col·laborador — 179 exemplars
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back: A Film and Book (1967) — Actor — 168 exemplars
The Best American Poetry 1997 (1997) — Col·laborador — 166 exemplars
American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Col·laborador — 162 exemplars
The Best American Poetry 1995 (1995) — Col·laborador — 161 exemplars
The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature (1998) — Col·laborador — 158 exemplars
Writers at Work 03 (1967) — Interviewee — 142 exemplars
Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists Vol. 1 (1997) — Col·laborador — 109 exemplars
Emergency Kit (1996) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions108 exemplars
Speed (1970) — Introducció, algunes edicions101 exemplars
Desire (1976) — Liner Notes, algunes edicions98 exemplars
The Dylan Companion: A Collection of Essential Writing About Bob Dylan (1990) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions95 exemplars
Science Fiction: The Future (1971) — Col·laborador — 84 exemplars
India in Mind (2005) — Col·laborador — 80 exemplars
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition (2003) — Col·laborador — 68 exemplars
The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Col·laborador — 63 exemplars
The Male Muse: A Gay Anthology (1973) — Col·laborador — 63 exemplars
The Beats (1960) — Autor, algunes edicions62 exemplars
Holy Fire: Nine Visionary Poets and the Quest for Enlightenment (1994) — Col·laborador — 61 exemplars
Gay Sunshine Interviews. Vol. 1 (1978) — Interviewee — 60 exemplars
The Erotic Impulse: Honoring the Sensual Self (1992) — Col·laborador — 52 exemplars
The Jewish Writer (1998) — Col·laborador — 52 exemplars
The Name of Love: Classic Gay Love Poems (1995) — Col·laborador — 51 exemplars
Jail Notes (1970) — Introducció, algunes edicions50 exemplars
Angels of the Lyre: A Gay Poetry Anthology (1975) — Col·laborador — 38 exemplars
Gay Day: The Golden Age of the Christopher Street Parade 1974-1983 (2006) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
Talking Poetics from Naropa Institute Volume 1 (1978) — Introducció — 33 exemplars
Partisan Review (1998) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions33 exemplars
Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (1994) — Col·laborador — 32 exemplars
Atomic Ghost: Poets Respond to the Nuclear Age (1995) — Col·laborador — 30 exemplars
Moving Through Here (1970) — Introducció, algunes edicions27 exemplars
One World of Literature (1992) — Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
The Bedside Playboy (1963) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
For Neruda, For Chile: An International Anthology (1975) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Talking Poetics from Naropa Institute, Vol. 2 (1979) — Introducció — 19 exemplars
OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture (2022) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
Wonders: Writings and Drawings for the Child in Us All (1980) — Col·laborador — 18 exemplars
Possibilities of Poetry: An Anthology of American Contemporaries (1970) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology (2022) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars
City Lights Review #1 (No.1) (1987) 14 exemplars
Poetry Magazine Vol. 207 No. 5, February 2016 (2016) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Big Table 2 (1959) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
unmuzzled ox 13 — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Big Table 3 (1959) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Caterpillar 3/4 (1971) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Epitaphs for Lorine — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Some Writings on War Tax Resistance (1990) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
THE SEVENTIES. Number 1. Spring 1972 (1972) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Pull My Daisy [1959 film] (1959) — Actor — 3 exemplars
Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (2011, film) (2011) — Featured, algunes edicions3 exemplars
Peace or perish : a crisis anthology — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Sugar, alcohol, & meat [sound recording] (1980) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Coyote's Journal No 9. (1971) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Bad Breath / Stage Ax / Emily Likes the TV, #3 — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Whole Earth Review #90 (summer 1997) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Intrepid No. 5, 1st Anniversary Issue — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
The Southern California Anthology: Volume XI (1993) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Manpareka Kehi Kavita (2001) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
The Best of American Poetry [Audio] (1997) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
San Francisco poets [sound recording] — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars

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1914: William S. Burroughs - The Yage Letters a Literary Centennials (agost 2014)

Ressenyes

Interesting look at drug culture in the 40s, but missing the element shared by some of his contemporaries that for me transcends the gritty subject matter and makes the work, for lack of a better word, beautiful.
 
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GDBrown | Hi ha 53 ressenyes més | Feb 15, 2024 |
In October 1955, there was a low-key event at the 6 Gallery on Fillmore Street in San Francisco, with the promise of a "remarkable collection of angels on one stage reading their poetry." Jack Kerouac went around with the collection bowl, whilst Allen Ginsberg whipped the audience into excitement by reading Part I of his work-in-progress, Howl. When Lawrence Ferlinghetti published the completed poem the following year as the fourth in his Pocket Poets series, it soon became a runaway bestseller (partly thanks to a high-profile obscenity trial) and one of the defining works of what came to be called Beat literature.

The poem itself is in three parts: Part I is a grand, Whitmanesque celebration of the lives of his poetic heroes and of his own struggle against the modern world, with copious amounts of (gay) sex, drugs, bumming around and political subversion thrown in; the incantation of Part II confronts the destructive forces of the child-eating Moloch directly, and in Part III he addresses the dedicatee of the poem, Carl Solomon, whom he met while they were both patients in the same psychiatric institution. Then there's a "Footnote to Howl", which is another incantation, a kind of Beat Sanctus.

As in Whitman, the first thing that hits you about the poem is its tremendous momentum and kinetic energy, but there's a lot more to it than just the pounding impact of the long lines: every line is dense with paradoxical, unexpected but never quite nonsensical language (negro streets, starry dynamos, unshaven rooms, pubic beards, ...), and there's a clear thread of insight into the hostile world under all that counter-culture posturing. It's tempting to think of it as nothing more than drug-induced ramblings from long ago, but that's not at all what's going on here: this is a serious attempt to push beyond the usual limits of poetry and make it relevant to people who are confronting the dehumanising effects of fifties society, and it still clearly has things to say to us today.

The Pocket Poets collection includes five more, shorter, incantatory poems in the same kind of Whitman long-line format, plus four rather more conventionally lyrical "earlier poems". Probably the most striking is "Sunflower Sutra", where he and Kerouac sit in the shade of a locomotive on a dockside and contemplate a dead sunflower.
… (més)
 
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thorold | Hi ha 66 ressenyes més | Oct 14, 2023 |
Uittreksels uit zijn leven in beatpoetry.
Snippers van klachten en wanhoop en nieuwmythische verzinsels.
 
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Ekster_Alven | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Sep 25, 2023 |
Ginsberg's life an his activism may be as interesting or more than his poetry.
 
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mykl-s | Hi ha 66 ressenyes més | Aug 12, 2023 |

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Bill Morgan Editor, Preface
Erik Drooker Illustrator
Gregory Corso Contributor
Gary Snyder Contributor
Jack Kerouac Contributor
Carl Solomon Contributor
Eliot Katz Editor
Ron Loewinsohn Contributor
John Wieners Contributor
Paul Carroll Contributor
Jonathan Williams Contributor
Michael McClure Contributor
Edward Dorn Contributor
Amiri Baraka Contributor
Philip Whalen Contributor
Roger Mayne Cover designer
Rachel Zucker Foreword
Udo Breger Contributor
Sylvère Lotringer Contributor
Michael Emerton Contributor
Fred Aldrich Contributor
James Grauerholz Contributor
Melvin Betsellie Contributor
Wes Pittman Contributor
Bill Lyon Contributor
Philip Glass Composer
Brion Gysin Cover artist
Oliver Harris Editor, Introduction
Francesc Roca Translator
Riekus Waskowsky Translator
Neil Stuart Cover designer
山形 浩生 Translator
Michael Bowen Cover artist
Carl Weissner Translator
Jesse Sorrentino Cover artist
Robert Crumb Cover artist
Olav Angell Translator
Nicolas Richard Translator
Josée Kamoun Sélection de la correspondance pour l'édition française
Mark Ford Editor
Bernd Samland Translator

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Obres
278
També de
96
Membres
19,926
Popularitat
#1,086
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
222
ISBN
426
Llengües
26
Preferit
103

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