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On the road / editor, Robert C. Evans, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University at Montgomery.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Critical insights.
- Critical Insights
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. On the road.
- Kerouac, Jack.
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969--Criticism and interpretation.
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- On the road (Kerouac, Jack).
- Beats (Persons) in literature.
- Sexism in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xl, 389 pages) : color illustrations, portraits.
- Other Title:
- Critical Insights
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press : Grey House Publishing, [2022]
- Summary:
- Jack Kerouac's On the Road is one of the most famous works produced by a so-called 'beat' writer - one of a group of nonconformists who shocked many of their contemporaries not only because of the works they produced but also because of the lives they lived.
- Contents:
- Jack Kerouac, On the Road, and the myth of the west / Matt Theado
- Biography of Jack Kerouac / Robert C. Evans
- Critical contexts. Juvenile delinquency in / and Jack Kerouac's On the Road / Robert C. Evans
- Jack Kerouac's On the Road : A survey of recent criticism / Joyce Ahn
- Jack Kerouac's On the Road and fears of drug addiction in the 1950s / Robert C. Evans
- Beats or "brats"? Kerouac's On the Road and Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath / Robert C. Evans
- Critical readings. Early reviews of Jack Kerouac's On the Road as literature and cultural document / Robert C. Evans
- The artistry of Kerouac's On the Road : A close reading of a sample paragraph / Lindsay Sears
- Youth, irresponsibility, the good life and other philosophical aspects of Jack Kerouac's On the Road / Franco Manni
- Jack Kerouac's On the Road : Key ideas in a key historical moment / Franco Manni
- Road work ahead, alternate route advised : Jack Kerouac and On the Road's circuitous connection to naturalism / Maichael J. Martin
- "Joyous alleys full of promise" : Literary memory, artistic ideals, and American manliness in Jack Kerouac's On the Road / Jesse Gipko
- On the Road with William Saroyan / David Stephen Calonne
- On the Road with the merry pranksters : Neal Cassady's influence on the psychedelic revolution / S.G. Ellerhoff
- Jack Kerouac's On the Road : Some important critical perspectives / Eric Sterling
- The 2012 film of Jack Kerouac's On the Road : A survey of reviews / Jordan Bailey
- Jack Kerouac's On the Road : Conclusions of the novel and film / Jordan Bailey
- Appendix : Jack Kerouac's hometown : Photos from the years of his youth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed April 20, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 1-61925-526-X
- OCLC:
- 1535648926
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