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Author Theado, Matt, 1959-

Title Understanding Jack Kerouac / Matt Theado.

Imprint Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  813.54 K459Dt 2000    ---  Axe Inventory 2024
Description 200 p. ; 19 cm.
Series Understanding contemporary American literature
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.
Contents Chronology -- Biography and background -- Kerouac's technique -- The town and the city (1950) -- On the road (1957) -- Visions of Cody (1972) -- Doctor Sax : Faust part three (1959) -- Maggie Cassidy (1959) and The subterraneans (1958) -- Tristessa (1960), Visions of Gerard, (1963) and Buddhism -- Desolation angels (1965) and the Dharma bums (1958) -- Big sur (1962) -- Later work -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Beats (Persons) in literature.
ISBN 1570032726

 
    
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