false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368311m/50316.jpg 50316 4 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. 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 in the tradition of Walt Whitman, Guillaume Apollinaire, Hart Crane, Ezra Pound, and William Carlos Williams. Ginsberg's classics <i>Howl, Reality Sandwiches, Kaddish, Planet News,</i> and <i>The Fall of America</i> led American (and international) poetry toward uncensored vernacular, explicit candor, the ecstatic, the rhapsodic, and the sincere&#8212;all leavened by an attractive and pervasive streak of common sense. 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 and popular song and speech, but also our view of the world. </p> <p> The uninterrupted energy of Ginsberg's remarkable career is clearly revealed in this collection. Seen in order of composition, the poems reflect on one another; they are not only works but also a work. Included here are all the poems from the earlier volume <i>Collected Poems 1947-1980</i>, and from Ginsberg's subsequent and final three books of new poetry: <i>White Shroud, Cosmopolitan Greetings, and Death & Fame</i>. Enriching this book are illustrations by Ginsberg's artist friends; unusual and illuminating notes to the poems, inimitably prepared by the poet himself; extensive indexes; as well as prefaces and various other materials that accompanied the original publications. 6553942 1984 Collected Poems 1947-1997 total:274|5:149|4:85|3:34|2:6|1:0| 274 1199 381 21 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 04:27:24 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 04:30:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:39 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 00:11:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 00:00:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 15 13:11:55 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:13:50 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Sat Nov 29 23:11:43 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 23:13:19 -0800 2008 always reading this book 5 1 false false Mon Mar 19 15:10:47 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 19 15:17:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 14:42:05 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 18:51:13 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Tue Mar 06 12:14:31 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 06 12:16:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 24 11:06:31 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 11:07:11 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Mon Aug 03 10:58:59 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:04:20 -0700 2009 0 1 false false Fri Jun 05 17:10:02 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 17:14:20 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 20 14:36:44 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 14:38:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Oct 16 12:13:01 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 12:15:16 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jul 29 16:56:20 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 17:50:28 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 19 16:24:35 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 16:27:57 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Thu May 24 07:11:39 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 07:14:08 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Tue Aug 19 10:36:24 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 07:38:24 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Fri Nov 02 12:34:32 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 08 17:51:12 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Tue May 20 20:05:32 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 09:56:46 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 20:05:32 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Sun Oct 28 14:20:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 18:49:01 -0800 2007 3 1 false false Fri Feb 08 10:08:18 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 10:08:18 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=50316