| Tau/Journey to the End Contributor(s): Lamantia, Philip (Author), Hoffman, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0872864855 ISBN-13: 9780872864856 Publisher: City Lights Books OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2008 Annotation: Two long-lost volumes from the classic Beat period. "Tau" is Philip Lamantia's mystical second collection of poems, originally slated for publication in 1955, but suppressed by the poet due to his evolving religious beliefs. "Journey to the End" contains the poems of the legendary John Hoffman (19281952), whose poems were read by Lamantia in 1955 at the 6 Gallery reading where Allen Ginsberg debuted "Howl." Lamantia's closest friend, a character in Jack Kerouac's "Dharma Bums," and the inspiration for two lines of "Howl," Hoffman moved between San Francisco and New York before his death in Mexico at the age of twenty-four. This volume includes biographical notes and Lamantia's commentaries on Hoff man's poetry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2007052480 |
| Series: City Lights Pocket Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.52" W x 6.35" (0.28 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two long-lost volumes from the classic Beat period. Tau is Philip Lamantia's mystical second collection of poems, originally slated for publication in 1955, but suppressed by the poet due to his evolving religious beliefs. Journey to the End contains the poems of the legendary John Hoffman (1928-1952), whose poems were read by Lamantia in 1955 at the 6 Gallery reading where Allen Ginsberg debuted "Howl." Lamantia's closest friend, a character in Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums, and the inspiration for two lines of "Howl," Hoffman moved between San Francisco and New York before his death in Mexico at the age of twenty-four. This volume includes biographical notes and Lamantia's commentaries on Hoffman's poetry. |