Ginsberg, Allen 1926-1997

Howl, and other poems by Allen Ginsberg ( Book )
122 editions published between 1956 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 2,935 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ginsberg's 1956 collection of poems created a sensation, becoming the subject of an obscenity trial and changing the literary landscape forever

Collected poems, 1947-1980 by Allen Ginsberg ( Book )
38 editions published between 1984 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of the verse of one of America's great poets over three decades

No direction home Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan ( Visual )
15 editions published between 2005 and 2010 in English and held by 1,786 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Traces Bob Dylan's journey from his roots in Minnesota, to his early days in Greenwich Village, to his tumultuous ascent to pop stardom in 1966. Joan Baez, Allan Ginzberg and others share their thoughts and feelings about the young singer who would change popular music forever. Contains never-before-seen footage, exclusive interviews, and rare concert performances

Collected poems, 1947-1997 by Allen Ginsberg ( Book )
15 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in English and held by 1,551 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A volume culled from the National Book Award-winning poet's entire half-century career is published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of "Howl" and offers insight into his influence as an iconic Beat generation writer

White shroud : poems, 1980-1985 by Allen Ginsberg ( Book )
17 editions published between 1986 and 1999 in English and held by 1,481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Death & fame : poems, 1993-1997 by Allen Ginsberg ( Book )
12 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 1,413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From one of America's great poets--a cultural icon who changed the course of American poetry as well as several generations' view of the world--comes this singular volume of final poems. Print features

Kaddish and other poems 1958-1960 by Allen Ginsberg ( Book )
36 editions published between 1961 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish," a long poem written about the madness and death of his mother, Naomi, is widely considered to be one his major works."--PUBLISHER

Selected poems, 1947-1995 by Allen Ginsberg ( Book )
29 editions published between 1996 and 2001 in English and held by 1,320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Allen Ginsberg, one of America's most distinguished living poets, turned 70 this year. Selected Poems 1947-1995 commemorates his brilliant career and honors a landmark birthday. Ginsberg personally chose the selections for this handy volume and has written a retrospective Apologia that places the poems from each decade in their historical and literary context. Here are well-known masterpieces such as the lyric "Howl" and the narrative "Kaddish" - classic works of American literature - as well as more recent gems, the long dream poem "White Shroud," the visionary "After Lalon," and the political rock lyric "The Ballad of the Skeletons." The pieces included in Selected Poems 1947-1995, which span five decades of work, document Ginsberg's spiritual path during a life devoted to exploring the creative possibilities of the conscious mind. Ginsberg's verse is always raw-toned, often whimsical, in both style and content, and displays elegant technical variety from singable exact lyrics to Sapphics to Skeltonics to twelve-bar blues to projective open-form verse and "spontaneous bop prosody." Ginsberg takes readers on a tour of his intelligence as a poet, from the transcendent-themed early poems such as "Magic Psalm" (1960) and "T.V. Baby" fragments (1961), to the poetic realism of the later 1960s with which he confronted and challenged a nation at war, to the integration of song (rags, ballads, and blues) into his poetic repertoire in the early 1970s. Many long poems - including "The Fall of America" and "Iron Horse" - have been edited to reveal exquisite passages hitherto unnoticed by many readers. Ginsberg's immersion in Eastern thought and his hands-on practice of Tibetan Buddhism is reflected in poems throughout this collection. In contrast, readers will delight in highlights of his erotic narrative "Contest of Bards" (1977), at once baroque and idiosyncratic, which was inspired in great part by a marathon reading of William Blake's complete poetry. His most recent work expands on classic meditation experience, recording the recognition of rich daydream activity as conscious poetic thought. In addition to the rich and varied collection of poetry included here, Selected Poems 1947-1995 offers accessible and extensive indexes, illuminating notes to the poems, and prefaces to supplement enthusiasts in their reading of one of the wisest and most revolutionary poets of this century

The fall of America : poems of these States, 1965-1971 by Allen Ginsberg ( Book )
7 editions published between 1972 and 1983 in English and held by 1,224 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Beginning with 'long poem of these States,' The Fall of America continues Planet News chronicle tape-recorded scribed by hand or sung condensed, the flux of car bus airplane dream consciousness Person during Automated Electronic War years, newspaper headline radio brain auto poesy & silent desk musings, headline flashing on road through these states of consciousness. . . ."--BOOK JACKET

Deliberate prose : selected essays, 1952-1995 by Allen Ginsberg ( Book )
16 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 1,080 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Allen Ginsberg's essays, collected here for the first time, were written over the course of a long, productive, and politically engaged life. With his finger ever on the pulse of America, Ginsberg was consistently outspoken and passionate about his beliefs. Whether criticizing the American government, protesting the proliferation of nuclear weapons or the waging of war in Vietnam, or denouncing the injustice of capitalism, Ginsberg gave voice to a moral conscience of the nation. His views on free speech and the drug culture, his quest for inner peace, the creation of the Beat generation, and his innovative poetics reflect the concerns of a postwar American culture that he helped shape."--Jacket