Howl on Trial The Battle for Free Expression

Name: Howl on Trial The Battle for Free Expression
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ISBN: 9780872864795

ISBN-10: 0872864790

ISBN-13: 9780872864795

Edition: 2006

Authors: Bill Morgan, Nancy J. Peters, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary Howl and Other Poems , with nearly one million copies in print, City Lights presents the story of editing, publishing, and defending the landmark poem within a broader context of obscenity issues and censorship of literary works. This collection begins with an introduction by publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who shares his memories of hearing "Howl" first read at the 6 Gallery, of his arrest, and the subsequent legal defense of Howl 's publication. Never-before-published correspondence of Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Kerouac, Gregory Corso, John Hollander, Richard Eberhart, and others provides an in-depth commentary on the poem's ethical intent and its…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: City Lights Books
Publication date: 11/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594



"Howl" at the frontiers



Allen Ginsberg's Howl : a chronology



Censorship milestones



"Howl"



The Howl letters


The trial : press response


Iron curtain on the Embarcadero



Letters to the San Francisco Chronicle


Ferlinghetti defends publication


Orwell's big brother is watching us



Trade winds



Excerpts from the trial transcript


From the decision



How Captain Hanrahan made Howl a best-seller



Ginsberg "Howls" again [Ginsberg's Letter to the San Francisco Chronicle]


Fifty years of city lights



The censorship battle continues