Various (Hyde, Lewis (Editor); Ginsberg, Allen; Bly, Robert; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Rexroth, Kenneth; Stephenson, Gregory; Tytell, John; Williams, William Carlos et al.)

On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg

ISBN: 0472063537
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1984. First Softcover Edition. “From Kenneth Rexroth to the Czechoslovakian secret police, from Marianne Moore to the F.B.I., from Diana Trilling to Time magazine–Allen Ginsberg’s work has always drawn a spirited response. Now, for the first time, those responses–remarks, reviews, and essays–have been collected in a single volume. Beginning with William Carlos Williams’s early letters of support and ending with James Breslin’s biographical analysis of “The Origins of Howl and Kaddish,” this collection reflects a full thirty years of praise, complaint, debate, and analysis of the work of one of the most innovative poets of our century.”--From back cover. Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) was an acclaimed poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation whose radical literary works and advocacy for social change left an indelible mark on American counterculture. Literary titan, and one of the finest poets America has ever produced, Ginsberg’s work is almost inescapable: Howl (1956); Kaddish (1961); and Plutonian Ode (1978) are not only some of Ginsberg’s best, most well-known works, but they also stand as some of the most important poetic works of the last century. Legions of literary critics, political censors, fellow authors, jealous poets, spurned lovers, friends, impassioned students, and academics the world over have written on the works of Ginsberg and the importance of his contributions to literature. Offered today is the 1984 volume, On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg edited by Lewis Hyde (b. 1945). This volume, as the quoted section above points out, is a collection of thirty years of critical writings on the work of Allen Ginsberg. Including essays and letters by: John Tytell (b. 1939), Louis Ginsberg (1895–1976), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021), Allen Ginsberg, William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), and Marianne Moore (1887–1972) among many others. This work offers a multitude of critical lenses through which Ginsberg’s work is refracted, giving the reader as many deeply profound insights as it does full-bellied laughs and literary goldmines. Softcover. First softcover edition, first printing as indicated by number sequence on copyright page. Book is in very fine condition with minor wear at fine edges, and light smudging to front and back covers. Very Fine. [Item #7209]

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