Gasoline & Vestal Lady on Brattle is volume number 8 in the City Lights Pocket Series.
-Open this book as you would a box of crazy toys, take in your hands a refinement of beauty out of a destructive atmosphere. These combinations are imaginary and pure, in accordance with Corso's individual (therefore universal) desire.- --Allen Ginsberg
-Gregory is a gambler. He suffers reverses, like every man who takes chances. But his vitality and resilience always shine through, with a light that is more than human: The immortal light of his muse.- --William S. Burroughs
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Gasoline & Vestal Lady on Brattle is volume number 8 in the City Lights Pocket Series.
-Open this book as you would a box of crazy toy...
It is true that he has been one of the inner circle of the 'Beats' from the first, but many admirers of his poetry feel that it belongs quite as much to other and older traditions in world literature.One of these is the revival of pure poetry whenever an original be it Rimbaud or Whitman has broken with current verse conventions to give free rein to the magic of language. Another is that ancient pre-occupation of poets the sense of the immediacy of death. Like Villon or Dylan Thomas, Corso lives close to the mystery of death. It is, perhaps, his central theme, on which variations ranging from...
It is true that he has been one of the inner circle of the 'Beats' from the first, but many admirers of his poetry feel that it belongs quite as much ...
Poslední tvorba amerického básníka Gregoryho Corsa (1930 - 2001), která čekala na své vydání přes dvacet let. Básně, uspořádané editory Raymondem Foyem a Georgem Scrivanim poupravují u českých čtenářů zavedený obraz umělce jako autora humorných a ironických básní (za všechny např. Manželství) a představují jej jako vážného, sebezpytného básníka v předtuše vlastní smrti. Ironie nezmizela, jen velmi, velmi zhořkla.
Předmluva Raymond Foye. Ediční poznámka Raymond Foye a George Scrivani.
Poslední tvorba amerického básníka Gregoryho Corsa (1930 - 2001), která čekala na své vydání přes dvacet let. Básně, uspořádané editory...
