Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspond Ginsberg Allen

Ginsberg is both tragic and dynamic, a lyrical genius...probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Whitman. --Bob Dylan

First published in 1956, Allen Ginsbergs Howl is a prophetic masterpiece--an epic raging against dehumanizing society that overcame censorship trials and obscenity charges to become one of the most widely read poems of the century.

This annotated version of Ginsbergs classic is the poets own re-creation of the revolutionary works composition process--as well as a treasure trove of anecdotes, an intimate look at the poets writing techniques, and a veritable social history of the