Allen Ginsberg Libri

Allen Ginsberg ha lasciato nei suoi diari una testimonianza di eccezionale interesse e suggestione. Scritti tra il 1952 e il 1962, anni dei primi fermenti che avrebbero poi inciso su un'intera generazione in Occidente, documentano il suo peregrinare in Messico e in California, in Europa e a New York, in India e lungo il Mediterraneo. Vi confluiscono esercitazioni di scrittura, esperienze di viaggi anche allucinogeni, poesie, abbozzi, disegni, riflessioni, descrizioni di sogni: quasi uno scrigno in cui vengono custoditi i frammenti che poi Ginsberg elaborerà nella poesia. Ritratto a mosaico di una generazione che ha cambiato l'America e l'Europa, vi si incontrano nella loro quotidiana attività personaggi come Kerouac e Burroughs, Corso e Orlovsky, Ferlinghetti e Cassady, tutti protagonisti di una stagione intellettuale irripetibile.

Exploring the composition of a groundbreaking poem, this annotated edition offers insights into Allen Ginsberg's creative process and the societal context of the 1950s. It features personal anecdotes and reflections on writing techniques, providing a deeper understanding of the themes that challenge dehumanization and censorship. Ginsberg's work not only defied obscenity trials but also emerged as a defining voice of its era, making this version a rich resource for readers interested in poetry and social history.

Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, this autobiographical narrative explores the author's experiences across America, providing crucial context to Ginsberg's acclaimed National Book Award-winning poetry. Through personal reflections and vivid storytelling, it captures the cultural and social upheaval of the era, revealing how these influences shaped his literary voice and vision.

"[An] essential Beat masterpiece." --The Village Voice. Perhaps one of the last great dual correspondences of the twentieth century, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters reveals not only the process of creation of the two most celebrated members of the Beat Generation, but also the unfolding of a remarkable friendship of immense pathos and spiritual depth. Through this exhilarating exchange of letters, two-thirds of which have never been published before, Kerouac and Ginsberg emerge first and foremost as writers of artistic passion, innovation, and genius. Vivid and enthralling, the letters, which date from their first meeting in 1944 to Kerouac's untimely death in 1969, chronicle the endless struggle, anguish, and sacrifice involved in giving form to their literary visions.

A new edition of Ginsberg's famous poem Kaddish, and other selections.

Here, for the first time, is a volume that gathers the published verse of Allen Ginsberg in its entirety, a half century of brilliant work from one of America's great poets. As the chief figure among the Beats, Ginsberg changed the course of American poetry, liberating it from closed academic forms with the creation of open, vocal, spontaneous, and energetic postmodern verse. Ginsberg's raw tones and attitudes of spiritual liberation also helped catalyze a psychological revolution that has become a permanent part of our cultural heritage, profoundly influencing not only poetry, popular song, and speech but also our view of the world