Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspond

by Allen Ginsberg

Book Overview

"Ginsberg is both tragic and dynamic, a lyrical genius...probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Whitman." --Bob Dylan

First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg's Howl is a prophetic masterpiece--an epic raging against dehumanizing society that overcame censorship trials and obscenity charges to become one of the most widely read poems of the century.

This annotated version...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061137456
• ISBN13: 9780061137457
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.0"