Howl on trial : the battle for free expression / edited by Bill Morgan and Nancy J. Peters.

Other author Morgan, Bill, 1949-
Other author Peters, Nancy J. (Nancy Joyce)
Format Book
Publication InfoSan Francisco : City Lights Books, ©2006.
Descriptionxiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents "Howl" at the frontiers / Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- Allen Ginsberg's Howl : a chronology / Bill Morgan -- Censorship milestones / Nancy J. Peters -- "Howl" / Allen Ginsberg -- The Howl letters / edited by Bill Morgan -- The trial : press response. Iron curtain on the embarcadero / Abe Mellinkoff ; Letters to the San Francisco Chronicle ; Ferlinghetti defends publication ; Orwell's big brother is watching us / William Hogan ; Trade winds / John G. Fuller -- Excerpts from the trial transcript -- From the decision by Judge Clayton M. Horn -- How Captain Hanrahan made Howl a best-seller / David Perlman -- Ginsberg "howls" again (Ginsberg's letter to the San Francisco Chronicle) -- Fifty years of City Lights / Albert M. Bendich -- The censorship battle continues / Bill Morgan.
LCCN 2006022350
ISBN0872864790
ISBN9780872864795