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Howl, and Other Poems (in English)
Ginsberg, Allen
Synopsis "Howl, and Other Poems (in English)"
2014 Reprint of 1956 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Howl" is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1955, published as part of his 1956 collection of poetry titled "Howl and Other Poems." Ginsberg began work on "Howl" as early as 1954. "Howl" is considered to be one of the great works of American literature. It came to be associated with the group of writers known as the Beat Generation, which included Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. There is no foundation to the myth that "Howl" was written as a performance piece and later published by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Lights Books. This myth was perpetuated by Ferlinghetti as part of the defense's case during the poem's obscenity trial, as detailed below. Upon the poem's release, Ferlinghetti and the bookstore's manager, Shigeyoshi Murao, were charged with disseminating obscene literature, and both were arrested. On October 3, 1957, Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that the poem was not obscene. Poems include: Howl -- Footnote To Howl -- A Supermarket in California -- Transcription of Organ Music -- Sunflower Sutra -- America -- In the Baggage Room at Greyhound; Earlier Poems: An Asphodel -- Song -- Wild Orphan -- In Back of the Real.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997). Fue una de las figuras más emblemáticas de la cultura alternativa norteamericana. La publicación del poema Aullido (Howl, 1956) fue el detonante que consolidó la poesía beat y le dio forma concreta. Alma de la Generación Beat, reunió a su alrededor a Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady e incluso al escurridizo William S. Burroughs y luchó sin descanso por la redacción y publicación de sus obras. Fue figura prominente de la llamada «Revolución de las Flores» y el hippismo de los años sesenta, peleó contra la guerra y el racismo, difundió el rock, la alteración química y mística de los estados de conciencia como elemento cultural y se situó siempre en primera línea social y literaria, promoviendo las ideas libertarias y las nociones de espiritualidad y autenticidad, por lo que siempre estuvo en el punto de mira de las autoridades. Viajó por el mundo recitando sus poemas.
