Gregory Corso Book order

Before his debut poetry collection, Gregory Corso crafted three plays during his unconventional stay at Harvard University. This period marked a significant phase in his artistic development, showcasing his early creative endeavors and unique perspective as a Beat poet. The plays reflect his innovative spirit and the influence of his experiences at one of the nation's most prestigious institutions.

Gregory Corso was born on March 26, 1930 in New York City. His first book of poetry was published by City Lights Press in 1955. schovat popis

Republished with a new cover and a new introduction by David Amram, this publication includes forewords by two legendary Beat writers, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.

Poems deal with mortality, the sea, music, writers, artists, travel, nature, dreams, and guilt.

A collection of poems by the renowned Beat poet, Gregory Corso.

Gregory Corso has been much publicized as one of the leading literary spokesmen for the 'Beat Generation, ' together with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs. 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 the terrible to the comic are sounded. But Corso is seldom macabre. A bursting vitality always carries him back to the sensations of the living, though always it is the reality behind the obvious which has caught his eye. “How I love to probe life,” Corso has written, “That’s what poetry is to me, a wondrous prober… It’s not the metre or measure of a line, a breath; not ‘law’ music; but the assembly of great eye sounds placed into an inspired measured idea.”