Becoming Kerouac : a writer in his time / Paul Maher Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maher, Paul, 1963- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.

Kerouac, Jack.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Genre:

Biographies

Physical Description:

x, 308 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Jack Kerouac was one of America's great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characterized by persistent hardship and disillusion. Leading Kerouac scholar Paul Maher Jr. targets the writer's embattled insight of self as central to his life and work. He reveals how Kerouac's troubled interactions with alcohol, drugs, and spirituality stamped its importance on his autobiographical prose and poetry and created a singular language that united thoughts on the human condition and spiritual liberation. Becoming Kerouac: A Writer In His Time affixes Kerouac's life and art in a fresh way, giving readers a rich perspective from which to understand this 20th-century literary genius. Using unpublished archival material, Becoming Kerouac focuses on the writer's critical formative years --1940 to 1957-- to demonstrate his growth as a novelist and poet"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The show of things

Where the road begins

Among the Philistines

Shaking off the shadow

The Forest of Arden

The bebop city

I dedicate myself to myself

What god hath wrought

Beat fellaheen

The shrouded traveler

Lake of light.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Maher, Paul, 1963- Becoming Kerouac

ISBN:

9781589796874

158979687X

OCLC:

1367234273