"It [the title of this book] is used out of context but expresses the way I felt about these poems when I wrote them---as if they were, taken together, a kind of Coney Island of the mind, a kind of circus of the soul."
— Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. (b. 1919)
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
New Directions
Date
1955, 1958
Metaphor
"It [the title of this book] is used out of context but expresses the way I felt about these poems when I wrote them---as if they were, taken together, a kind of Coney Island of the mind, a kind of circus of the soul."
Metaphor in Context
The title of this book is taken from Henry Miller's INTO THE NIGHT LIFE. It is used out of context but expresses the way I felt about these poems when I wrote them---as if they were, taken together, a kind of Coney Island of the mind, a kind of circus of the soul.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, A Coney Island of the Mind (New York: New Directions, 1958).
Date of Entry
06/11/2015
