Beatific Souls: Jack Kerouac's On the Road
by Isaac Gewirtz
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Author: Isaac GewirtzEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-28
ISBN: 1857594975
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Scala Publishers
Summary of Beatific Souls: Jack Kerouac's On the Road
Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road was a touchstone for a generation and the centrepiece of the Beat movement in literature and art. This new book examines Kerouac's life and career, and accompanies a major exhibition at The New York Public Library to celebrate the 50th anniversary of On the Road's publication in 1957. Kerouac's achievement as both a literary and cultural figure is traced, including his innovations in narrative techniques and in character development. His counterculture vision is explored, showing his image as a seer and sage who wanted to save America from its obsession with consumerism, the inhibition of sexuality and other conventional bourgeois pieties. The author also explores Kerouac's relationships with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and other Beats, as well as the Beat movement in general. The book is heavily illustrated, with material from the extensive Kerouac literary archive owned by The New York Public Library, including typescript drafts of On the Road, asExhibition Catalogs Books
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