- Paperback: 837 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; 1st edition (8 Dec 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140586342
- ISBN-13: 978-0140586343
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 3.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,356,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I am writing a report for English class and I chose Allen Ginsberg because he was one of the many influences of Jack's life. He was associated with such greats as William Borroughs and Neal Cassady, not to mention Kerouac himself. I am sure, after reading On The Road by Kerouac that I was surely born in the wrong generation and now that I have read Howl by Ginsberg I am that much more sure of the fact that I was a soul from another era. A Buddhisttava from the fourties and fifties. You must read Ginsberg and Kerouac and you will surely understand or you will be totally confused. Remember... "Suppose we suddenly woke up and realized that this and that, ain't really this and that at all."(Darmah Bums)
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Ginsberg's startling, erratic genius is on display in this alternately inspiring and exasperating volume. I give it 5 stars because Ginsberg MUST be read and appreciated; the man changed the face of poetry, as well as pop culture, holding enormous influence over Bob Dylan, who would reinvent rock and roll and help inspire a cultural revolution. Why Ginsberg was not awarded a Nobel is astonishing to me.
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Ginsberg at his best . . . wait . . . when is he not?
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Greatest American poet
Sure Ginsberg wasn't as revolutionary or academic as TS Eliot or John Ashbery, but Ginsberg successfully intertwined his personal experiences with societies experiences in a way... Read more
Published on 2 July 1999
GINSBERG = GREAT POET
Allen Ginsberg's poetry is entertaining to read. Of all of his poems in this work, "Hadda be playing on the jukebox" is by far the best. Read more
Published on 24 July 1998
overrated
I reacted to the news of Ginsberg's death in much the same way that Edward Fitzgerald reacted to the news of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's death. Ginsberg is overrated. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 1998
Words, not howls.
This is the third and probably final poetry review from Wolfie and Kansas, the boonie dogs from Toto, Guam. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 1997
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