American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation by Jonah Raskin

American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation

Jonah Raskin

320 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history poetry lighthearted fast-paced

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Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms, Howl touched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This first full critical and historical study of Howl brilliantly...

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