num_pages: 208
description: First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg's Howl is a prophetic masterpiece, an epic raging against dehumanizing society that overcame censorship trials &amp; obscenity charges to become one of the most widely read poems of the century. This annotated version of Ginsberg's classic is the poet's own recreation of the revolutionary work's composition process as well as a treasure trove of anecdotes, an intimate look at the poet's writing techniques &amp; a veritable social history of the 1950s.
language: English
title: Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence
titlecomplete: Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence
genres: American, School, LGBT, Queer, Poetry, Literature, Comics, Classics, Fiction, Graphic Novels
ratings_count: 6007
publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics