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Howl for Now - A Celebration of Allen Ginsberg's Epic Protest Poem (Paperback)
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Howl for Now - A Celebration of Allen Ginsberg's Epic Protest Poem (Paperback)
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Loot Price R271
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On October 7th, 1955, a little known poet called Allen Ginsberg
premiered a new long poem in the Six Gallery in San Francisco.
"Howl", penned in the shadow of the Cold War, would cause a
sensation among the crowd that gathered that evening. It would not
be long before the poem's impact spread far beyond the confines of
the Bay Area literary scene to a national and international
readership. Within a year, "Howl" would be published by famed
independent publisher City Lights. In the decades that followed,
the piece would become possibly the most influential poem in
American culture, certainly the most widely read. Ginsberg's
masterpiece is a cornerstone of the dynamic and radical literature
produced by the so-called Beat Generation and its resonance is
still felt today. In "Howl for Now", academics, commentators and
practitioners reflect on the power of "Howl", half a century on
from Ginsberg's historic first reading, through a series of essays
and interviews. Poet David Meltzer reflects on the San Francisco
scene in the mid-1950s, Ginsberg collaborator Steven Taylor offers
a personal memoir, film director Ronald Nameth and rock composer
Bill Nelson contemplate a documentary version of "Howl", and
members of the University of Leeds, in the UK, consider the
political, cultural and aesthetic place of the poem as both a
social document and a point of contemporary inspiration.
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