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Autore |
Jones James T |
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Titolo |
A Map of Mexico City Blues [[electronic resource] ] : Jack Kerouac as Poet |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Beat generation in literature |
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Poetic works |
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Mexico City blues |
Mexico -- In literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Novelist as Poet; 3. Auto/Biography; 4. Keroac in Mexico, Mexico in Kerouac; 5. From Signing the Blues to Singing the Blues; 6. Kerouac's Religion(s); 7. The Tradition of Spontaneity; 8. Finding the Form; 9. Conclusion; Works Cited and Consulted; General Index; Index of Choruses; Author Bio; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this pioneering critical study of Jack Kerouac's book-length poem, Mexico City Blues-a poetic parallel to the writer's fictional saga, the Duluoz Legend-James T. Jones uses a rich and flexible neoformalist approach to argue his case for the importance of Kerouac's rarely studied poem. After a brief summary of Kerouac's poetic career, Jones embarks on a thorough reading of Mexico City Blues from several different perspectives: he first focuses on Kerouac's use of autobiography in the poem and then discusses how Kerouac's various trips t |
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