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On the Road by Jack Kerouac
ISBN: 0140042598
Publication Date: 1976-12-28
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
ISBN: 0140283293
Publication Date: 1999-06-01

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On the Road by Jack Kerouac; Howard Cunnell (Editor, Introduction by, Contribution by); Joshua Kupetz (Introduction by); George Mouratidis (Introduction by); Penny Vlagopoulos (Introduction by)
ISBN: 067006355X
Publication Date: 2007-08-16
The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published word for word as Kerouac originally composed it. Typed out as one long, single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper that he later taped together to form a 120 foot scroll, this document is among the most significant, celebrated, and provocative artifacts in contemporary American literary history.

Recommended Sources about "On the Road"

"On the Road" in Literary Themes for Students
Call Number: GVRL E-Book
ISBN: 9781414404332
Publication Date: 2007-06-29
Plot summary and work overview for "On the Road" contained within the e-book Literary Themes for Students.
"On the Road" in Literature and Its Times
Call Number: GVRL E-Book
ISBN: 9780787606060
Publication Date: 1997-09-26
Entry for "On the Road" from Literature and Its Times. Information about the historical background of over 300 often-studied literary works from around the world. Entries feature: a brief introduction to the work; discussion of the work's historical setting; an overview of the events of the time that the work was written; and the work in focus.
Alternative Routes along the Road: Kerouac and the Multifaceted American DreamThe American Dream by Harold Bloom, Blake Hobby
Call Number: Bloom's ebook
ISBN: 9781646930258
Publication Date: 2020
Chapter within The American Dream discusses the role of this theme in great works of literature.
On the Road - Jack Kerouac by Harold Bloom (Editor)
Call Number: Bloom's ebook
ISBN: 9781438114125
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
- Presents the most important 20th century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature. - The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism. - Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index. - Introductory essay by Harold Bloom
The View from on the Road by Omar Swartz
Call Number: Ebsco E-Book
ISBN: 9780809323845
Publication Date: 1999-10-12
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.
What's Your Road, Man? by Hilary Holladay (Editor); Robert Holton (Editor)
Call Number: Ebsco E-Book
ISBN: 9780809328833
Publication Date: 2008-11-27
The ten essays in this groundbreaking compilation cover a broad range of topics, employing a variety of approaches, including theoretical interpretations and textual and comparative analysis, to investigate such issues as race, class, gender, and sexuality, as well as the novel's historical and literary contexts." What's Your Road, Man? Critical Essays on Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"" illustrates the richness of the critical work currently being undertaken on this vital American narrative.

Recommended Sources about Jack Kerouac

Author information is very important when doing a critical analysis of a work, especially when you are asked to provide a brief biography of the author or a bibliography. The resources listed here will help you to find information about authors. You may also want to search for the author's name (last name, first name) in a subject search of the LCCC Library Catalog.

"Jack Kerouac" in Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature
Call Number: GVRL E-Book
ISBN: 9781414431307
Publication Date: 2009-07-03
Covers American authors from many periods and genres, building a broad understanding of the various contexts - from the biographical to the literary to the historical - in which literature can be viewed.
Kerouac's Crooked Road by Tim Hunt
Call Number: EBSCO E-Book
ISBN: 9780809329700
Publication Date: 2010-04-06
Now a classic, Kerouac’s Crooked Road was one of the first critical works on the legendary Beat writer to analyze his work as serious literary art, placing it in the broader American literary tradition with canonical writers like Herman Melville and Mark Twain. Author Tim Hunt explores Kerouac’s creative process and puts his work in conversation with classic American literature and with critical theory.
Memory Babe by Gerald Nicosia
ISBN: 0520085698
Publication Date: 1994-02-23
In 1969 Jack Kerouac died a premature death. While his legendary lifestyle and unique creative talent made him a hero in his lifetime, his literary influence has grown steadily since. With Memory Babe (a childhood nickname honoring Kerouac's feats of memory), Gerald Nicosia gives us a complete biography of Jack Kerouac--an honest, discriminating and, above all, compassionate assessment. This edition is enhanced by many rare photographs never before published.
Understanding Jack Kerouac by Matt Theado
Call Number: EBSCO E-Book
ISBN: 9781570032721
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Understanding Jack Kerouac introduces a new generation of readers to what Matt Theado calls Kerouac's unwieldy accretion of published work - fiction, poetry, nonfiction, selected letters, religious writing and true-story novels. Presenting this Beat Generation icon as a writer rather than as a social rebel or media celebrity, Theado asks why Kerouac's reputation has outlived disparaging beatnik associations. He takes a book-by-book approach to the sometimes confusing canon and develops a framework for understanding Kerouac's thematic concerns, writing techniques and artistic evolution.

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