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Jack Kerouac and the Literary Imagination /

An exploration of Kerouac's fiction, poetry, religious writing, journals, and correspondence. It encompasses his fictional rewriting of his personal life, his life-long quest for spiritual enlightenment, and his resolute belief in the blending of popular and academic cultural artifacts to creat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grace, Nancy M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction.
History of the Americas.
Literary Theory.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
America > Literatures.
America > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:An exploration of Kerouac's fiction, poetry, religious writing, journals, and correspondence. It encompasses his fictional rewriting of his personal life, his life-long quest for spiritual enlightenment, and his resolute belief in the blending of popular and academic cultural artifacts to create voices and forms to speak of and to a new age.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 263 pages)
ISBN:9781349734665
DOI:10.1007/978-1-349-73466-5