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Pictures of the Gone World

60th Anniversary Edition
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series
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Pictures of the Gone World marks the debut of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, capturing his early poetic voice before he rose to fame. Originally published in 1955 as the first in the Pocket Poets Series by City Lights Publishers, this collection features many iconic poems that showcase his influence on American culture. The sixtieth anniversary edition restores the original selection, offering readers a glimpse into the beginnings of a seminal poet's career.
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This edition is ideal for collectors, fans of Ferlinghetti, and readers interested in the Beat Generation and mid-20th century American poetry.

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The volume that launched City Lights' iconic Pocket Poets Series, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's first collection of poems, in an anniversary edition.

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti has influenced American culture like few other poets. But in 1955, shortly before he would gain fame as the beloved author of A Coney Island of the Mind, he was an unpublished and mostly unknown poet. He launched City Lights Publishers that year with a five-hundred-copy letterpress edition of Pictures of the Gone World, Number One in the Pocket Poets Series.

A classic collection of early work, Pictures of the Gone World includes many of Ferlinghetti's most iconic poems. This limited edition sixtieth anniversary hardcover restores the book to its original selection, and is a must for collectors and fans.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poet, painter, and founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.

Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780872866904

Publisher: City Lights Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 January 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: City Lights Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 120.0mm

Height: 158.0mm

Weight: 127g

Pages: 48

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Arts & Culture Lawrence Ferlinghetti Non-Fiction Poetry Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series

About the Author

A prominent voice of the wide-open poetry movement that began in the 1950s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has written poetry, translation, fiction, theater, art criticism, film narration and essays. Often concerned with politics and social issues, Ferlinghetti's poetry countered the literary elite's definition of art and the artist's role in the world. He is the author of A Coney Island of the Mind, America's most popular book of poetry and, most recently, Time of Useful Consciousness. He is also a lifelong painter and publisher, and the co-founder and owner of City Lights Booksellers and Publishers in San Francisco, California.

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