Allen Ginsberg Collected Poems

Shows Ginsberg to be not only a legendary protest writer but also a lyric poet preoccupied with passion, place and fate The New York TimesThis is the only volume to bring together all of Allen Ginsbergs published verse in its entirety, celebrating half a century of brilliant work form one of Americas greatest poets.- Presented chronologically, it sets Ginsbergs verse against the story of his extraordinary life: from his most famous landmark works Howl and Kaddish to the poems White Shroud and Cosmopolitan Greetings, and on to his later writings such as the caustically funny Death and Fame, the provocative New Democracy Wish List and the elegiac Things Ill Not Do (Nostalgias). Ginsberg, as chief figure among the Beats, was at the centre of a social and political revolution, yet his groundbreaking verse also changed the course of American poetry with its freewheeling spontaneity, rawness, honesty and energy.- Also containing illustrations by Ginsbergs artist friends, illuminating notes to the poems, original prefaces and photographs, this is the essential record of one of the most influential voices in twentieth century poetry