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1 online resource (xii, 130 pages) |
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Through careful analysis of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Omar Swartz argues that Kerouac's influence on American society is largely rhetorical. Kerouac's significance as a cultural icon can be best understood, Swartz asserts, in terms of traditional rhetorical practices and principles. To Swartz, Kerouac is a rhetor who symbolically reconstructs his world and offers arguments and encouragements for others to follow. Swartz proposes that On the Road constitutes a "rhetorical vision," a reality-defining discourse suggesting alternative possibilities for growth and change. Swartz asserts that the reader of Kerouac's On the Road becomes capable of responding to the larger, confusing culture in a strategic manner. Kerouac's rhetorical vision of an alternative social and cultural reality contributes to the identity of localized cultures within the United States |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-123) and index |
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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. On the road.
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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 |
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Kerouac, Jack 1922-1969 On the road |
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Kerouac, Jack. |
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On the road (Kerouac, Jack) fast |
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On the road. swd |
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Literature and anthropology -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Conduct of life in literature.
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Fantasy in literature.
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Visions in literature.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Beats (Persons)
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Beat generation.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Beats (Persons)
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Conduct of life in literature
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Fantasy in literature
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Literature and anthropology
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Visions in literature
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Rhetorik
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On the road (Kerouac)
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United States
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1429417811 |
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9781429417815 |
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0585128103 |
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9780585128108 |
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