Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road
by Gewirtz, Isaac
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- Hardcover
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- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1857594975
- ISBN 13
- 9781857594973
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Scala Publishers Ltd, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An examination of Kerouac's life and career, and accompanies a major exhibition at The New York Public Library to celebrate the 50th anniversary of On the Road's publication in 1957. Kerouac's achievement as both a literary and cultural figure is traced, including his innovations in narrative techniques and in character development. His counterculture vision is explored, showing his image as a seer and sage who wanted to save America from its obsession with consumerism, the inhibition of sexuality and other conventional bourgeois pieties. The author also explores Kerouac's relationships with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and other Beats, as well as the Beat movement in general. The book is heavily illustrated, with material from the extensive Kerouac literary archive owned by The New York Public Library. Condition: Fine, Dust jacket condition: Fine. A pristine copy.
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- Next Page Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000278
- Title
- Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road
- Author
- Gewirtz, Isaac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1857594975
- ISBN 13
- 9781857594973
- Publisher
- Scala Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
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