Huge Dreams

San Francisco and Beat Poems

By:

Michael McClure

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Penguin Poets

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Description

Huge Dreams republishes two books, out of print for thirty years, which together are a cornerstone of the Beat movement- The New Book/A Book of Torture and Star. Both were influential in expanding poetry into a larger world-the West Coast Beat phenomena, which focused on nature, the environment, antiwar activities, individual anarchism, Zen Buddhism, jazz, and a kind of romantic mystical thought. With these books Michael McClure brought an animal energy and a knowledge of art and physical human nature that was new to the scene.The New Book/A Book of Torture was written spontaneously while McClure was in a "dark night of the soul" brought on by psychedelics. A single long poem of experience and exploration, it offers the means of liberation from the darkness it examines. Star is a wide-ranging book of chalice seeking, spiritual discovery, and political protest, grounded in the emotions and sensations of eros and play.

Author Biography:

Michael McClure has published novels, interviews, essays, and plays. In recent years he has performed his poetry in collaboration with the Doors keyboardist, Ray Manzarek.

Release date NZ

May 1st, 1999

Author

Michael McClure

Collection

Australia

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Undergraduate

Pages

192

Series

Penguin Poets

Dimensions

159x235x14

ISBN-13

9780140589177

Product ID

1660528

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