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Kerouac ascending : memorabilia of the decade of On the road / by Elbert Lenrow ; edited by Katherine H. Burkmann [sic] with an introduction by Howard Cunnell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lenrow, Elbert, 1903-1993.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
- Ginsberg, Allen.
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Kerouac, Jack.
- Lenrow, Elbert, 1903-1993--Friends and associates.
- Lenrow, Elbert.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Beats (Persons)--New York (State)--New York.
- Beats (Persons).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (100 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Kerouac Ascending: Memorabilia of the Decade of ON THE ROAD is a memoir written by Elbert Lenrow about his relationship with Jack Kerouac, whom he taught at the New School in NewYork when Jack was emerging as a writer and with Allen Ginsberg, both of whom Lenrow befriended and encouraged. Lenrow writes with sympathy and charm about both writers and their "beat" friends, revealing Kerouac's seriously academic side by sharing papers he wrote in his course and giving insight about both writers t...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; KEROUAC ASCENDING; PART I; PART II; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-77695-9
- 9786612776953
- 1-4438-2476-3
- OCLC:
- 823721023
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