- Essays, New York Times reviewed, American literature (selections: extracts, etc.), American essays
"Allen Ginsberg's essays, collected here for the first time, were written over the course of a long, productive, and politically engaged life. With his finger ever on the pulse of America, Ginsberg was consistently outspoken and passionate about his beliefs.
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Character-led, earnest, grave and classical in form.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Allen Ginsberg
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 548
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Harper Perennial, Penguin
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141181851
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