A map of Mexico City blues [electronic resource] : Jack Kerouac as poet

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, James T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beat generation in literature.

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969--Poetic works.

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Mexico City blues.

Mexico--In literature.

Mexico.

Kerouac, Jack.

Local Subjects:

Beat generation in literature.

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969--Poetic works.

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Mexico City blues.

Mexico--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.

Summary:

In this pioneering critical study of Jack Kerouac's book-length poem, Mexico City Blues-a poetic parallel to the writer's fictional saga, the Duluoz Legend-James T. Jones uses a rich and flexible neoformalist approach to argue his case for the importance of Kerouac's rarely studied poem. After a brief summary of Kerouac's poetic career, Jones embarks on a thorough reading of Mexico City Blues from several different perspectives: he first focuses on Kerouac's use of autobiography in the poem and then discusses how Kerouac's various trips t

Contents:

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Novelist as Poet; 3. Auto/Biography; 4. Keroac in Mexico, Mexico in Kerouac; 5. From Signing the Blues to Singing the Blues; 6. Kerouac's Religion(s); 7. The Tradition of Spontaneity; 8. Finding the Form; 9. Conclusion; Works Cited and Consulted; General Index; Index of Choruses; Author Bio; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-585-18711-8

OCLC:

817089156