Name: the book of martyrdom and artifice,first journals and poems: 1937-1952
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Author: Ginsberg, Allen ; Lieberman-Plimpton, Juanita ; Morgan, Bill
ISBN: 9780306815621

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the book of martyrdom and artifice,first journals and poems: 1937-1952

Type

Physical Book

Author

Allen Ginsberg

Bill Morgan

Juanita Lieberman-Plimpton

Publisher

Da Capo Press

Language

English

Pages

523

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.1 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.77 kg.

ISBN

0306815621

ISBN13

9780306815621

Synopsis "the book of martyrdom and artifice,first journals and poems: 1937-1952"

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) kept a journal his entire life, beginning at the age of eleven. In these first journals the most important and formative years of the poet's storied life are captured, his inner thoughts detailed in what the San Francisco Chronicle calls a "vivid first-person account...Ginsberg's unmistakable voice coming into its own for the first time." Ginsberg's journals-so candid he insisted they be published only after his death-document his complex, fascinating relationships with such figures of Beat lore as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and reveal a growing self-awareness about himself, his sexuality, and his identity as a poet. Illustrated with never-before-seen photos and bolstered by an appendix of his earliest poems, The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice is a major literary event.

Allen Ginsberg

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Irwin Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was one of the most emblematic figures of American alternative culture. The publication of the poem Howl (1956) was the trigger that consolidated beat poetry and gave it a concrete form. Soul of the Beat Generation, he gathered around him Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and even the elusive William S. Burroughs, and fought tirelessly for the writing and publishing of his works. A prominent figure of the so-called "Flower Revolution" and the hippie movement of the sixties, he fought against war and racism, spread rock, chemical and mystical alteration of states of consciousness as a cultural element, and was always at the forefront of social and literary scenes, promoting libertarian ideas and notions of spirituality and authenticity, which always kept him in the crosshairs of the authorities. He traveled the world reciting his poems.

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