The Cambridge companion to Jack Kerouac / edited by Steven Belletto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Belletto, Steven, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969--Criticism and interpretation.

Kerouac, Jack.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Beats (Persons).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Jack Kerouac is among the most important and influential writers to emerge from mid-twentieth century America. Founder of the Beat Generation literary movement, Kerouac's most famous novel, On the Road, was known as the bible of this generation, and inspired untold people to question the rigid social and cultural expectations of 1950s America. And yet despite its undeniable influence, On the Road is only a small piece of Kerouac's literary achievement, and there are now well over forty Kerouac books published. The centerpiece to this work is Kerouac's multi-volume Duluoz Legend, named for his fictional alter-ego, Jack Duluoz, and comprising numerous books written over decades that together tell the story of Duluoz's life and times. This volume offers fresh perspectives on his multifaceted body of work, ranging from detailed analyses of his most significant books to wide-angle perspectives that place Kerouac in key literary, theoretical, and cultural contexts.

Contents:

A Kerouac chronology / Brett Sigurdson

Introduction / Steven Belletto

Kerouac's concept of his Duluoz legend / Ann Charters

Kerouac and the profession of authorship / Matt Theado

Truth in confession : the foundation of Kerouac's literary experiment / Nancy M. Grace

The textuality of performance : Kerouac's spontaneous prose / Tim Hunt

The spontaneous aesthetic in The subterraneans / George Mouratidis

Kerouac and the 1950s / Douglas Field

The impact of On the road on the Sixties' counterculture / Kurt Hemmer

Vanity of Duluoz and the 1960s / David Stephen Calonne

Late Kerouac, or the conflicted "King of the Beatniks" / Steven Belletto

Visions of Cody as metafiction / Michael Hrebeniak

Making the past present : Kerouac and memory / Erik Mortenson

Spun rhythms : Kerouac as poet / Regina Weinreich

Kerouac's representations of women / Ronna C. Johnson

Kerouac and Blackness / Amor Kohli

Kerouac, multilingualism, and global culture / Hassan Melehy

The two phases of Kerouac's American Buddhism / Sarah Haynes

Kerouac's ambivalences as an environmental writer / Franca Bellarsi

The essentials of archival prose / Jean-Christophe Cloutier.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Oct 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009423595

1009423592

9781009423588

1009423584

9781009423571

1009423576