Kerouac : language, poetics, and territory /

"Given Jack Kerouac's enduring reputation for heaving words onto paper, it might surprise some readers to see his name coupled with the word "poetics." But as a native speaker of French, he embarked on his famous "spontaneous prose" only after years of seeking technique...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Melehy, Hassan, 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
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  • Introduction: Kerouac, Exile, and the Force of Literature
  • 1. Unsettlements
  • 2. On and Off the Franco-American Road
  • 3. Writing in Real Time
  • 4. Movements of Return
  • 5. The Roots of Abandonment
  • Conclusion: Transnational American Literatures
  • Bibliography
  • Index.