02392nam 22004693u 450 991081271910332120221025200420.00-585-18711-8(CKB)111004368575812(EBL)1354377(OCoLC)817089156(MiAaPQ)EBC1354377(EXLCZ)9911100436857581220131216d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||A map of Mexico City blues[electronic resource] Jack Kerouac as poetCarbondale Southern Illinois University Press20101 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-1828-8 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 CoverIn 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 tBeat generation in literatureKerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Poetic worksKerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Mexico City bluesMexico -- In literatureMexicoIn literatureBeat generation in literature.Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Poetic works.Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Mexico City blues.Mexico -- In literature.811.54811/.54Jones James T126567AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910812719103321A map of Mexico City blues3978444UNINA