{"product_id":"ginsberg-allen-barry-miles-editor-howl-original-draft-facsimile-transcript-variant-versions-fully-annotated-by-author-with-contemporaneous-correspondence-account-of-first-public-reading-legal-skirmishes-precursor-texts-bibliography","title":"GINSBERG, Allen; Barry MILES ( editor ). Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript \u0026 Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts \u0026 Bibliography.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGINSBERG, Allen; Barry MILES (\u003ci\u003eeditor\u003ci\u003e).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript \u0026amp; Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts \u0026amp; Bibliography. \u003ci\u003eNew York: Harper \u0026amp; Row.\u003c\/i\u003e 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4to. Publisher's oatmeal cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in dust jacket; pp. xiv, 194, illustrated throughout with photographs, facsimile typescripts, and reproduced manuscript material; fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition thus, presenting a comprehensive account of the composition and revision of Ginsberg's era-defining poem; an exceptional association copy, twice inscribed by Ginsberg to the documentary filmmaker Jerry Aronson (b. 1945), and additionally embellished with the author’s sunflower drawings.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished to mark the thirtieth anniversary of \u003ci\u003eHowl \u003c\/i\u003e, this volume reproduces the poem's surviving drafts, notebooks, and typescripts, tracing the evolution of one of the defining works of post-war American literature. First issued by City Lights in 1956 as the fourth title in Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Pocket Poets Series, \u003ci\u003eHowl \u003c\/i\u003e transformed Ginsberg's reputation and became one of the central texts of the Beat movement. The successful defence of the book against obscenity charges in 1957 established an important precedent for literary freedom in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy bears two substantial inscriptions to the documentary filmmaker Jerry Aronson, best known for \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg \u003c\/i\u003e, first screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993. Aronson worked closely with Ginsberg over many years while producing the film, and the present volume preserves evidence of their friendship both before and after its completion. On the verso of the flyleaf Ginsberg writes: ‘Boulder Colorado for Jerry | Aronson | from | Allen Ginsberg | in hope | his love life flourishes better | than my own | at the moment. | March 7 1987 | Aetat 60’; while on the title page he adds: ‘for Jerry Aronson, our film completed, in hope his spiritual heart | love life flourishes as well | as my own this year. | Summer Solstice | June 21, 1996’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title page is further embellished with Ginsberg's characteristic sunflower drawings incorporating the letters ‘AH’, an allusion to Blake's poem ‘Ah! Sun-flower’ and, by extension, to Ginsberg's own ‘Sunflower Sutra’. At the base of the flowers appear \u003ci\u003ecalaveras \u003c\/i\u003e, reflecting his longstanding fascination with Mexican culture and spirituality. Taken together, the inscriptions and drawings transform the volume from a documentary record of \u003ci\u003eHowl \u003c\/i\u003e’s composition into a highly personal memento of one of Ginsberg's most significant creative and professional relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2124437\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sotherans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57371432288633,"sku":"2124437","price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2124437.jpg?v=1780488468","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/ginsberg-allen-barry-miles-editor-howl-original-draft-facsimile-transcript-variant-versions-fully-annotated-by-author-with-contemporaneous-correspondence-account-of-first-public-reading-legal-skirmishes-precursor-texts-bibliography","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}