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The People v. Ferlinghetti

eBook - The Fight to Publish Allen Ginsberg's Howl
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
ISBN/EAN: 9781538125908
Umbreit-Nr.: 2222979

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 192 S.
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Einband: Keine Angabe

Erschienen am 24.03.2019
Auflage: 1/2019


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  • Zusatztext
    • <span>Lawrence Ferlinghettis name does not appear in any First Amendment treatise or casebook. And yet when the best-selling poet and proprietor of City Lights Books was indicted under California law for publishing and selling Allen Ginsbergs poem,</span><span>Howl,</span><span> Ferglinghetti buttressed the tradition of dissident expression and ended an era when minds were still closed, candid literature still taboo, and when selling banned books was considered a crime.<br><br></span><span>The People v. Ferlinghetti</span><span> is the story of a rebellious poet, a revolutionary poem, an intrepid book publisher, and a bookseller unintimidated by federal or local officials. There is much color in that story: the bizarre twists of the trial, the swagger of the lead lawyer, the savvy of the young ACLU lawyer, and the surprise verdict of the Sunday school teacher who presided as judge. With a novelists flair, noted free speech authorities, Ronald K. L. Collins and David Skover tell the true story of an American maverick who refused to play it safe and who in the process gave staying power to freedom of the press in America.</span><span>The People v. Ferlinghetti</span><span> will be of interest to anyone interested the history of free speech in America and the history of the Beat poets.</span>
  • Kurztext
    • <span>With a novelist¿s flair, noted free speech authorities, Ronald K. L. Collins and David Skover tell the true story of an American maverick who refused to play it safe and who in the process gave staying power to freedom of the press in America.</span>
  • Autorenportrait
    • <span>Ronald K.L. Collins</span><span> is Harold S. Shefelman Scholar, University of Washington School of Law.</span><span>David M. Skover</span><span> is Fredric C. Tausend Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law. Together they have coauthored several books including</span><span>The Trials of Lenny Bruce: The Fall and Rise of an American Icon</span><span> (Sourcebooks, 2002) and</span><span>On Dissent: Its Meaning in America</span><span> (Cambridge, 2013)</span>