Starting from San Francisco: Poetry
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The long poems of Starting From San Francisco present a new, quieter, more profound aspect of the poet. His original lyricism and caustic humor have been confronted, as it were, with the real presence of evil and death. "Starting from Paumanok... I strike up for a New World" wrote Walt Whitman in 1860. Starting from San Francisco, a hundred years later, Ferlinghetti roved back across the country (this "cradle we rocked out of") then turned south of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0811200469
ISBN13:9780811200462
Release Date:January 1967
Publisher:New Directions Publishing Corporation
Length:64 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"
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striking up for a new world
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This very enjoyable read, marking a change in the poet's style and direction. Though it falters at points during the book, those points are few and far between. Profound!
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