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Howl, And Other Poems

Howl, And Other Poems

Allen Ginsberg

Despite being a slim volume of poety, a collection of verse by a popular Beat Generation poet raised quite a stir when it was first published in 1957, with U.S. customs officials seizing copies of it because it was considered obscene, an act that trigged the real-life trial that will be recreated in the forthcoming movie Howl starring James Franco. Movie tie-in. ...

Publisher:
City Lights Books
Year of publication:
1959
ISBN:
978-0-87286-017-9
Pages:
44
7,50 €
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Despite being a slim volume of poety, a collection of verse by a popular Beat Generation poet raised quite a stir when it was first published in 1957, with U.S. customs officials seizing copies of it because it was considered obscene, an act that trigged the real-life trial that will be recreated in the forthcoming movie Howl starring James Franco. Movie tie-in.

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