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THE COLLECTED POEMS OF PHILIP LAMANTIA
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| By: |
Philip Lamantia, Garrett T. Caples (Editor), Nancy J. Peters (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£40.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0520269721 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780520269729 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 September, 2013 |
| Pages: |
512 |
| Description: |
Represents the lifework of the visionary poet of the American postwar generation. In this book, the author aims to extend and renew the visionary tradition of Romanticism in American vernacular, drawing on mystical lore and drug experience in the process. |
| Synopsis: |
"The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia" represents the lifework of the most visionary poet of the American postwar generation. Philip Lamantia (1927-2005) played a major role in shaping the poetics of both the Beat and the Surrealist movements in the United States. First mentored by the San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, the teenage Lamantia also came to the attention of the French Surrealist leader Andre Breton, who, after reading Lamantia's youthful work, hailed him as a "voice that rises once in a hundred years". Later, Lamantia went "on the road" with Jack Kerouac and shared the stage with Allen Ginsberg at the famous Six Gallery reading in San Francisco, where Ginsburg first read "Howl". Throughout his life, Lamantia sought to extend and renew the visionary tradition of Romanticism in a distinctly American vernacular, drawing on mystical lore and drug experience in the process. "The Collected Poems" gathers not only his published work but also an extensive selection of unpublished or uncollected work; the editors have also provided a biographical introduction. |
| Illustrations: |
8 b/w photographs |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of California Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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