Best Minds of My Generation - A Literary History of the Beats (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback / softback)

Best Minds of My Generation - A Literary History of the Beats (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback / softback)

Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback / softback)

'I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked' Beat movement icon and visionary poet, the author broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotechnic verse. This book brings together the famous poems that made his name as a defining figure of the

Essential Ginsberg (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback / softback)

Allen Ginsberg was one of the most influential cultural and literary figures of the 20th century, his face and political causes familiar to millions who had never even read his poetry. This book attempts to offers a portrait of this poet by bringing together his poetry, journals, music, photographs

Collected Poems 1947-1997 (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback / softback)

This is the only volume to bring together all of Allen Ginsberg's published verse in its entirety, celebrating half a century of brilliant work from one of America's greatest poets. Presented chronologically, it sets Ginsberg's verse against the story of his extraordinary life: from his most famous

Allen Ginsberg (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback / softback)

Allen Ginsberg (1926-97) was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a poet-teacher father and Russian emigre mother. When 'Howl and Other Poems' was impounded by San Francisco customs in 1956, the subsequent trial for obscenity catapulted Ginsberg and his publisher City Lights to national fame and helped

Go (Holmes John Clellon)(Paperback / softback)

Describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady. This novel chronicles the private lives the Beats lived before they became public figures. It also describes an individualistic post-World II New York where crime is celebrated, writing is revered, and parties, booze,

Generation of Animals & History of Animals I, Parts of Animals I (Aristotle)(Paperback / softback)

Allen Ginsberg - Cosmopolitan Comic (McDonald Paul)(Paperback / softback)

This Long Pursuit - Reflections of a Romantic Biographer (Holmes Richard)(Paperback / softback)

'A masterly performance by the greatest literary biographer of his generation'

Follow the Trail of Moths - The Best of Wayne Holloway-Smith's Literary Salons (Holloway-Smith Wayne)(Paperback / softback)

Selected Poems - 1947-1995 (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback / softback)

Chosen by Ginsberg himself from nearly fifty years of experimental, groundbreaking verse, this selection, in his words, `summarizes what I deem most honest, most penetrant of my writing', and includes lesser known and later works which go beyond his iconic Beat Generation image. Presented

Catalonia a Cultural and Literary History (Eaude Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Presents a cultural history of Catalonia, exploring the distinctive nature of Catalan identity through the perspectives of political struggle, a vibrant literary tradition and world-famous innovations in architecture and the visual

Collected Poems 1947-1997 (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback)

'Taken all together, Ginsberg's poems are X-rays of a considerable part of American society during the last four decades.' -- The New YorkerThis magnificent volume gathers the published verse of Allen Ginsberg in its entirety, a half-century of brilliant work from one of America's greatest poets. A

The Essential Ginsberg (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback)

Featuring the legendary and groundbreaking poem 'Howl,' this remarkable volume showcases a selection of Allen Ginsberg's poems, songs, essays, letters, journals, and interviews and contains sixteen pages of his personal photographs.One of the Beat Generation's most renowned poets and writers, Allen

Lighthousekeeping (Winterson Jeanette)(Paperback / softback)

From one of Britain's best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of

Paris Review Interviews: Vol. 1 (Gourevitch Philip)(Paperback / softback)

The first volume of fascinating interviews from one of the world's best loved literary

Eminent Churchillians (Roberts Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian. 'The best sort of history - revealing, gossipy and acidulous'

Citizens Minds The French Revolution Pupil's Book (Counsell Christine)(Paperback / softback)

Builds thorough understanding and enjoyment of History through enquiry. Think Through History provides an enthralling enquiry-based approach for 11-14 year olds built around key historical issues and

Queen Of The Rushes - A Tale of the Welsh Revival (Raine Allen)(Paperback / softback)

Literary Theory - An Introduction (Eagleton Terry)(Paperback / softback)

First published in 1983, Literary Theory: An Introduction is probably the best-selling work of literary criticism in the world today. It propelled its author to a position of such influence and controversy within the British academy that even Prince Charles once described him as 'that dreadful

The Beats: A Very Short Introduction (Sterritt David)(Paperback)

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the writers of the Beat Generation revolutionized American literature with their iconoclastic approach to language and their angry assault on the conformity and conservatism of postwar society. They and their followers took aim at the hypocrisy and taboos of their

Kyoto - A Cultural and Literary History (Dougill John)(Paperback / softback)

A cultural and literary history of Japan's former capital, exploring its religious sites, rich traditions of art and literature and its distinctive geisha

Modern Minds the twentieth-century world Pupil's Book (Byrom Jamie)(Paperback / softback)

Builds thorough understanding and enjoyment of History through enquiry. Think Through History provides an enthralling enquiry-based approach for 11-14 year olds built around key historical issues and

Cynicism (Allen Ansgar)(Paperback)

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present.Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly--'I hate to be a cynic, but...'--before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic,