Orpheus emerged / John Kerouac ; introduction by Robert Creeley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.

Contributor:

Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bohemianism--Fiction.

Bohemianism.

Beats (Persons)--Fiction.

Beats (Persons).

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Fiction.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages.

Genre:

Fiction.

American fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

176 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First ibooks trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ibooks, 2003.

Summary:

THE FIRST SOFTCOVER EDITION OF A LOST CLASSIC! DISCOVERED BY JACK KEROUAC'S ESTATE, ORPHEUS EMERGED CHRONICLES THE PASSIONS, CONFLICTS AND DREAMS OF A GROUP OF BOHEMIANS SEARCHING FOR TRUTH WHILE STUDYING AT A UNIVERSITY There will never be a moment like this one, " says poet and fellow Beat writer Robert Creeley, in his introduction to this literary event, the first full-length work published since Kerouac's death in 1969. Discovered by his estate, Orpheus Emerged chronicles the passions, conflicts and dreams of a group of bohemians searching for truth while studying at a university. Kerouac wrote the story shortly after meeting Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Lucien Carr, and others in and around Columbia University who would form the core of the Beats. Orpheus Emerged is a unique portrait of an artist as a young man and shows a writer in the process of finding the voice that would eventually express the spirit of a generation.

Notes:

" ... completed in 1945, when the ... writer still signed his work 'John Kerouac'."--P. 7.

"The first full-length work to be published since the death of Jack Kerouac in 1969"--Cover, p. 4.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780743475143

0743475143

OCLC:

183728917