Morgan, Bill
Howl on Trial: The Battle for Free Expression
- ISBN 13:
- 9780872864795
- author:
- Morgan, Bill
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- City Lights Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 139mm X 208mm
- Genre:
- Poetry texts & anthologies
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The publication and defense of Allen Ginsberg's landmark poem "Howl" is presented in this collection. Correspondence, documents, photographs, and trial transcripts reveal the story behind its creation and the subsequent court battle to defend its publication. The book includes letters between key figures involved, such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Jake Ehrlich, as well as newspaper reportage and magazine essays from the time. A timeline of censorship in the US places the Howl case within a broader historical context of obscenity issues and literary freedom. This collection offers a broad perspective on the fight against censorship, featuring extensive trial transcripts and archival materials that shed light on the cultural climate of the mid-1950s.
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