FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE

fûrˈlĭng-gĕtˈē, 1919–, American author and publisher, b. Yonkers, N.Y. In 1951 he moved to San Francisco and helped found the City Lights Bookshop, which became a center for writers of the beat generation. He has written volumes of colloquial verse such as A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), Starting from San Francisco (1967), and Open Eye, Open Heart (1974), as well as essays, broadsides, and the surrealist novel Her (1960). He encouraged and published many Beat writers, notably Allen Ginsberg.

____________________

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

-16734-

Top...
Search the Library
Books
Journals
Magazines
Newspapers
Encyclopedia
Advanced Search
About Questia
Questia is the world's largest online academic library offering full-text books, journals, and articles on thousands of topics.

Join Now...
Questia Books and Articles on: Ferlinghetti Lawrence
We found: 288 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

184  

 

Journal articles:

 

41  

 

Magazine articles:

 

37  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

22  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

4  

Research Topics on: Ferlinghetti Lawrence

 List All Topics    
Beat Generation Lawrence Ferlinghetti
 

books on: Ferlinghetti Lawrence  - 184 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poet-At-Large
Book by Larry Smith; Southern Illinois University Press, 1983
Subjects: Beat Generation--Biography, Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, Poets, American--20th Century--Biography
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Who Are We Now? Copyright 1976 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Landscapes of Living Dying . Copyright 1979 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Endless Life . Copyright 1981 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti...
2.
Constantly Risking Absurdity: The Writings of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Book by Michael Skau; Whitston, 1989
Subjects: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence--Criticism And Interpretation
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Endless Life . Copyright 1955...1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Her . Copyright 1960 by Lawrence...
3.
A Far Rockaway of the Heart
Book by Lawrence Ferlinghetti; New Directions, 1998
Copyright 1997 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poems from Pictures of the Gone World Copyright 1995 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Except for brief passages...Cataloging-in Publication Data Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. A far rockaway of the...
4.
The Secret Meaning of Things
Book by Lawrence Ferlinghetti; New Directions, 1969
Subjects: Poetry
The Secret Meaning of Things Lawrence Ferlinghetti A New Directions Book
5.
Paul Bowles: The Illumination of North Africa
Book by Lawrence D. Stewart; Southern Illinois University Press, 1974
Subjects: Africa, North--In Literature, Bowles, Paul--1910---Knowledge--Africa, North, Morocco--In Literature
...Oliver: interview with Bowles, 13 , 35 , 53 , 86 , 88 , 104 , 147 n16 Evergreen Review , 112 Fay, Bernard, 4 Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 117 - 18 Fez, Morocco. See Morocco; The Spiders House
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: Ferlinghetti Lawrence  - 41 results

       More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-41 >>  
 
1.
The Cubalogues (And After): on the Beat Literary Movement and the Early Cuban Revolution
Journal article by Todd F. Tietchen; The Arizona Quarterly, Vol. 63, 2007
Subjects: Castro, Fidel, Children & youth, Cold War, Cuba, Disposable income, Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, Foreign policy, History, Literature, Political activism, Revolutions, Spanish-American War, United States, Youth culture
...Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Lawrence Ferlinghetti unveiled one of his most famous...the Spanish-American War, Ferlinghetti declared that "Hearst is Dead...Roosevelts foray up San Juan Hill, Ferlinghetti believed that U.S. military...
2.
Carving a Literary Exception: The Obscenity Standard and Ulysses
Journal article by Marisa Anne Pagnattaro; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 47, 2001
Subjects: Law and literature--History, Literature and society--History, Obscenity (Law) in mass media--Social aspects
...Lady Chatterly by D. H. Lawrence" (People v. Dial Press...being deemed legally obscene. Lawrence Ferlinghetti was prosecuted in California...Summer 1966): 3-11. Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. The Howl of the Censor...
3.
Wholly Communion, Literary Nationalism, and the Sorrows of the Counterculture
Journal article by Daniel Kane; Framework, Vol. 52, 2011
...Poetry. Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac...poems by, respectively, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ("To Fuck Is to Love Again...ethos of the Incarnation. Lawrence Ferlinghetti The fi rst poet to appear...
4.
Wholly Communion: Truths, Histories, and the Albert Hall Poetry Reading
Journal article by Mark Donnelly; Framework, Vol. 52, 2011
...in the order they appear) Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael Horovitz, Gregory...were all in the capital, Lawrence Ferlinghetti was due soon, and Gregory...Kerouac, Gregory Corso, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, British Beat poetry had...
5.
Lorrimer Letters
Journal article; Framework, Vol. 52, 2011
...between Peter Whitehead and Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Thorold Dickinson written...1966. Peter Whitehead to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1965- 1966 18 Carlisle...mass communion mantra etc. Lawrence Ferlinghetti to Peter Whitehead, 1965...
More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-41 >>

Top...
 

magazine articles on: Ferlinghetti Lawrence  - 37 results

       More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-37 >>  
 
1.
The Beat Goes on
Magazine article by Dennis McNally; Mother Jones, Vol. 28, July 2003
Subjects: Bookstores, City Lights Bookstore, Corporate profiles, Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, San Francisco California
...poet and painter named Lawrence Ferlinghetti drove up Columbus Avenue...Allen Ginsberg came to Ferlinghetti with some poems; Lawrence was impressed, but lacked...Whitmans Leaves of Grass, Ferlinghetti telegraphed Ginsberg that...
2.
A Far Rockaway of the Heart
Magazine article; Whole Earth, Summer 1999
Subjects: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence--Addresses, essays, lectures, Poets--Addresses, essays, lectures
A FAR ROCKAWAY OF THE HEART A FAR ROCKAWAY OF THE HEART Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 1997; 150 pp. $10.95. New Directions Lawrence Ferlinghettis speech as the first poet laureate...
3.
The Language of Redemption: The Catholic Poets Adam Zagajewski, Marie Ponsot & Lawrence Joseph
Magazine article by Andrew Krivak; Commonweal, Vol. 130, May 9, 2003
...American poets Marie Ponsot and Lawrence Joseph. I want to re-introduce...True Minds, was published by Lawrence Ferlinghettis City Lights Books in 1956, one year after Ferlinghetti published Allen Ginsburgs...Village to meet with poet Lawrence Joseph. Joseph is a professor...
4.
Between Silence & Sound
Magazine article by Lawrence Joseph; Commonweal, Vol. 136, December 18, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Easy: Poems (Poetry collection)--Book reviews
Between Silence Sound. by Lawrence Joseph Easy Marie Ponsot Alfred...Minds, was published in 1957 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the City Lights Pocket Poets...Ponsot is among our major poets. Lawrence Joseph is Tinnelly Professor of...
5.
Echoes of Howl
Magazine article by Fred Moramarco; The Humanist, Vol. 66, November 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Howl on Trial: The Battle for Free Expression (Book)--Book reviews
...form. Ginsbergs letters to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the books publisher and defendant...through correspondence with Ferlinghetti, so we have an unusually detailed...introduction to the book by Ferlinghetti called "Editing and Defending...
More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-37 >>

Top...
 

newspaper articles on: Ferlinghetti Lawrence  - 22 results

       More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-22 >>  
 
1.
No Rhyme or Reason in Poetry Snafu
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 8, 2003
Subjects: Bush, Laura, Whitman, Walt
...Whitman ... is absurd." Crusty Beat relic Lawrence Ferlinghetti helpfully informed Reuters News Agency that inviting...by definition? Doesnt anybody care what old Lawrence Ferlinghetti thinks anymore? With its invitation list to the...
2.
{A Great Way to See San Francisco Is Downhill All the Way - If You Can Manage It, Writes ALLEN PIERLEONI} {Delights and Discoveries }; { a San Francisco Walking Tour } {Delights and Discoveries in }
Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), May 15, 2010
...categories. The bookstore was co-founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Taking his lead, the staff tries hard to maintain...stores reputation as a mecca for free-thinkers. Ferlinghetti, 91, is said to visit the bookstore daily. We...
3.
Soft Time at Shakespeare & Co. the Pleasures of Work at a Famous Parisian Bookstore
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 18, 2005
Subjects: Booksellers, Bookstores
...distinguished writers, among them Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Lawrence Durrell, Richard Wright and Samuel Beckett. Allen...over three floors, "a giant literary octopus" as Lawrence Ferlinghetti described it. With each expansion, Mr. Whitman...
4.
Obituary: Chet Helms
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 1, 2005
...lifestyle by the Beat generation of writers with Jack Kerouac as its beatific leader, followed by Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso and assorted poets. Fuelled by their vision of zen and the open highways to freedom, Helms...
5.
White House Forum Called off after Poets Plan to Protest
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 31, 2003
Subjects: Bush, Laura
...a few dozen responses. He has gotten more than 2,000 so far, including contributions from famed beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti; W.S. Merwin, Pulitzer Prize winner and the former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets; Hayden Carruth...
More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-22 >>

Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: Ferlinghetti Lawrence  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE fur ling-get e, 1919 , American author and publisher, b. Yonkers, N.Y. In 1951 he moved to San Francisco and helped found...
2.
American Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...forward, casting off the sweet melodies of Paul Lawrence Dunbar and speaking of social oppression and pervasive...Although the poets Allen Ginsberg , Gregory Corso, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti gained initial recognition as part of the beat generation...
3.
PrÉvert, Jacques
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and, in English translation, Selections from Paroles (1958) and To Paint the Portrait of a Bird (tr. by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1970). Prevert wrote many important screenplays, including those for Marcel Carnes Le Jour se leve (1939...
4.
Beat Generation
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the novelists Jack Kerouac and Chandler Brossard, numerous poets (e.g., Kenneth Rexroth , Allen Ginsberg , Lawrence Ferlinghetti , and Gregory Corso), and others, many of whom worked in and around San Francisco. Perhaps the only true nihilist...


Top...
 About Questia   ::   Privacy   ::   Contact