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Kerouac, the word and the way : prose artist as spiritual quester / Ben Giamo. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giamo, Benedict.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969--Criticism and interpretation.
- Kerouac, Jack.
- Autobiographical fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Autobiographical fiction, American.
- Quests (Expeditions) in literature.
- Beats (Persons) in literature.
- Beat fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Beat fiction, American.
- Spiritual life in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 246 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Giamo's main purpose is to chronicle and clarify Kerouac's various spiritual quests through close examinations of the novels. Kerouac began his quest with On the Road, which also is Giamo's real starting point. To establish early themes, spiritual struggles, and stylistic shifts, however, Giamo begins with the first novel, The Town and the City, and ends with Big Sur, the final turning point in Kernouac's quest." "Kerouac was primarily a religious writer bent on testing and celebrating the profane depths and transcendent heights of experience and reporting both truly. Baptized and buried a Catholic, he was also heavily influenced by Buddhism, especially from 1954 until 1957 when he integrated traditional Eastern belief into several novels. Catholicism remained an essential force in his writing, but his study of Buddhism was serious and not solely in the service of his literary art."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Sorrows of Young Kerouac
- Road, Town, and City
- What IT Is?
- Tearing Time Up
- The Revelation to Ti Jean
- The Track of Glory
- The Noble Path
- Gone Beyond
- Icon for the Void
- Ethereal Flower
- Kindred Spirits
- The Lifelong Vulture and the Little Man
- Downsizing
- The Old Rugged Cross.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-585-46443-X
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