A Coney Island of the Mind
Ferlinghetti’s A Coney Island of the Mind has become a modern classic. It has been translated into nine languages and there are now three-quarters of a million copies in print. The title of this book is taken from Henry Miller's "Into the Night Life" and expresses the way Lawrence Ferlinghetti...
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Ferlinghetti’s A Coney Island of the Mind has become a modern classic. It has been translated into nine languages and there are now three-quarters of a million copies in print. The title of this book is taken from Henry Miller's "Into the Night Life" and expresses the way Lawrence Ferlinghetti felt about these poems when he wrote them during a short period in the 1950's—as if they were, taken together, a kind of Coney Island of the mind, a kind of circus of the soul.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780811200417 (0811200418)
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
Literature,
American,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
College,
Americana,
Poetry,
Spirituality,
Surreal
Lawrence Ferlinghetti is one the more unknown figures of the Beat Generation. However, 'A Coney Island of the Mind' presents itself as one the most accessible and enjoyable introductions both to the writing of the Beat Poets as to poetry in general.What makes this tiny book of poetry so special? It'...
Ferlinghetti can still sound fresh after 50 years in his poetry. His "beat" poems to be accompanied by music can be a bit glib, but in his written poetry he typically avoids the flippant remark and provides an interesting look at the familiar instead.
My favorite book of beat poetry by my favorite beat poet. This 50th anniversary edition is a handsome hardcover book that includes not only all of Coney Island of The Mind but selected poems from his first book, Picutres of The Gone World and "Oral Messages" a collection of poem meant for jazz accom...