Howl

Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript and Variant Versions

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Allen Ginsberg: Howl (1988, HarperCollins)

English language

Published Feb. 19, 1988 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-06-015651-0
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4 stars (2 reviews)

This annotated version of Ginsberg's classic is the poet's own re-creation of the revolutionary work's composition process, along with anecdotes and an intimate look at the poet's writing techniques.

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5 stars

I read the poem as a teenager, and I've gradually been getting more interested in graphic novels, so when I saw a graphic novel version--with Ginsberg's involvement, so I knew it wouldn't be a horrible hack job--in Powell's recently I couldn't resist.



The poem is just as viciously powerful as when I first read it; though I can only imagine it would have had more impact when it was published, in 1956. The only detail that marks it as in any way dated is the repeated references to typewriters. The significance of the age is more that it shows the disaffection and societal failure it recounts as not only not being novel--I knew that, though it's good to be reminded--but even older than I had realised. The boomer generation has somehow managed to spin this fable of rebellion having been invented in the mid-late 60s, whereas here is a long …

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Subjects

  • Technique
  • Poetry
  • 1926-1997
  • Manuscripts
  • 1926-1997.
  • Facsimiles
  • 1926-
  • Ginsberg, Allen,
  • Howl