Title Kerouac, the word and the way : prose artist as spiritual quester / Ben Giamo

Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 246 pages) Contents Introduction: The Sorrows of Young Kerouac -- Road, Town, and City -- What IT Is? -- Tearing Time Up -- The Revelation to Ti Jean -- The Track of Glory -- The Noble Path -- Gone Beyond -- Icon for the Void -- Ethereal Flower -- Kindred Spirits -- The Lifelong Vulture and the Little Man -- Downsizing -- The Old Rugged Cross Summary "Giamo's main purpose is to chronicle and clarify Kerouac's various spiritual quests through close examinations of the novels. Kerouac began his quest with On the Road, which also is Giamo's real starting point. To establish early themes, spiritual struggles, and stylistic shifts, however, Giamo begins with the first novel, The Town and the City, and ends with Big Sur, the final turning point in Kernouac's quest." "Kerouac was primarily a religious writer bent on testing and celebrating the profane depths and transcendent heights of experience and reporting both truly. Baptized and buried a Catholic, he was also heavily influenced by Buddhism, especially from 1954 until 1957 when he integrated traditional Eastern belief into several novels. Catholicism remained an essential force in his writing, but his study of Buddhism was serious and not solely in the service of his literary art."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 fast Subject Autobiographical fiction, American -- History and criticism Quests (Expeditions) in literature. Beats (Persons) in literature Spiritual life in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Autobiographical fiction, American Beats (Persons) in literature Quests (Expeditions) in literature Spiritual life in literature American Literature. English. Languages & Literatures. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 99053205 ISBN 058546443X 9780585464435

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