"La Poésie de la Beat Génération" (1965)

Paris, France: Éditions Denoël (book, anthology), 1965.
8" x 5.625" x 0.625", 190 pages, softcover.

La Poésie de la Beat Génération: Textes traduits de l'Américain, an anthology in the French language edited by Jean-Jacques Lebel and published by Éditions Denoël (Paris, France) in 1965. Preface by Alain Jouffroy. This includes a fold-out translation in french of Gregory Corso's "Bomb".

The "Burroughs" section, pp. 41-49, contains a brief biography/introduction to Burroughs by Jean-Jacques Lebel, pp. 43-45 followed by "La Machine molle (Extraits)" by William S. Burroughs, pp. 46-49 – extracts from The Soft Machine.  

Allen Ginsberg's poem about Burroughs, "Sur l'œuvre de Burroughs", is at page 119.

This copy is a "Press" copy, an advance reading copy, stamped with "Press" at the back cover, and containing a prospectus slip.  This copy was acquired from Le Livre à Venir (Cuisery, France).

Maynard & Miles B20.
Shoaf II.25.

Contents:

• Alain Jouffroy: "Introduction à la Beat Génération" (preface)
• Andrews:
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: introduction to George Andrews
• George Andrews: "Anéantissante illumination" (poetry)
• Burroughs:
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: introduction to William S. Burroughs
• William S. Burroughs: "La Machine molle (Extraits)" (prose)
• Corso:
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: introduction to Gregory Corso
• Gregory Corso:
• "Uccello" (poetry)
• "Le dernier gangster" (poetry)
• "Pour K. R. qui se tua dans la prison de Charles Street" (poetry)
• "Paris" (poetry)
• "Impressions Mexicaines" (poetry)
• "Peyotl" (poetry)
• "Notes après une syncope" (poetry)
• "Bombe" (poetry, folds out to full size)
• Ferlinghetti:
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: introduction to Lawrence Ferlinghetti
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti:
• "Tirade de défilé" (prose)
• "Mille mots anxieux pour Fidel Castro" (poetry)
• "Les acrobates de Picasso" (poetry)
• "Oui" (poetry)
• "Je vous présente Miss Métro" (poetry)
• "Et les arabes" (poetry)
• "Le ciel" (poetry)
• "il" (poetry)
• "Le monde est merveilleux" (poetry)
• Ginsberg:
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: introduction to Allen Ginsberg
• Allen Ginsberg:
• "Western Union telegramme" (poetry)
• "Howl" (poetry)
• "Howl, post-scriptum" (poetry)
• "Kaddish" (poetry)
• "The end" (poetry)
• "Poème d'amour sur un thème de Walt Whitman" (poetry)
• "Sur l'œuvre de Burroughs" (poetry)
• "L.S.D. 25" (poetry)
• "Mandala" (poetry)
• "La transformation" (poetry)
• Kaufman:
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: introduction to Bob Kaufman
• Bob Kaufman:
• "Poèmes de prison" (poetry)
• "Notes supplémentaires concernant et ne concernant pas l'Abomunisme" (poetry)
• Kerouac:
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: introduction to Jack Kerouac
• Jack Kerouac:
• "Mexico City blues (Extraits)" (poetry)
• "Quatre rêves" (prose)
• "Arthur Rimbaud" (poetry)
• Lamantia:
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: introduction to Philip Lamantia
• Philip Lamantia: "Füd chez Foster" (poetry)
• McClure:
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: introduction to Michael McClure
• Michael McClure: "Après une dépression au peyotl" (poetry)
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: "Postface: La génération de la mescaline"
• Table of Contents