Death & Fame: Poems, 1993-1997

By Allen Ginsberg

Book Overview

Allen Ginsberg was one of the bravest and most admired poets of this century. Famous for energizing the Beat Generation literary movement upon his historic encounter with Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060192925
• ISBN13: 9780060192921
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

GINSBERG

Ginsberg happens to be the father of the beat generation, a generation that many dismiss. Ginsberg comes to understand death in the pages of political tongue lashing's and calling them out like a showdown at the "OK". Buy this book and understand a dying man's dream of innocent fame......

An Excellent Book

I recommend this title to anyone who enjoys good poetry. There is something extremely "real" about Ginsberg, always has been, and he shows that realness in these last few poems before he died. "Things I Will Not Do," which was the last poem he wrote before dying, brings a tear to my eye almost every time I think about it. We could all hope to approach our ends with the kind of dignity that Ginsberg seems to have.

Ginsberg meets a new subject worthy of his poetry

Ginsberg wrote his greatest works in the fifties although moments of his power were felt later, for example the work 'White Shroud.' He did not find a subject worthy of his powers. The poet/prophet sometimes did seem to waste his insights on matters of transitory importance. Unfortunately, it was his own inpending death that did provide a powerful subject for his pen. Not every poem in this volume is up to the standards he had reached in previous work,but many can be counted among his best poems.