YUGEN

A new consciousness in arts and letters.

[#13842]
Nos. 1-8 (all publ.). New York, 1958-1962. Orig.pictorial wrappers, 21,5 x 14 cm; (No. 4 worn, others good to fine). Rare complete.

EUR 1,600.00

Directed by LeRoi Jones & Hettie Cohen. Features the Beat generation poets and writers, many are first appearances: D. DiPrima, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, LeRoi Jones, P. Whalen, Gregorio Corso, Tulli Kupferberg, Gary Snyder, W.S. Burroughs, Charles Olson, M. McClure, etc.; artwork and covers by Tomi Ungerer, P. Schwarzburg, S. Fischer, Fielding Dawson, Basil King, Norman Bluhm, a.o.
Jed Birmingham writes: " Jones included the New York School (Frank O’Hara, Kenneth Koch), Black Mountain (Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Joel Oppenheimer, Fielding Dawson), and San Francisco Renaissance (Robin Blaser) poets alongside a healthy helping of the Beats".

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