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1 online resource (xxi, 246 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index. |
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Print version record. |
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"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. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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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 |
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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. (OCoLC)fst00052352
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Autobiographical fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Quests (Expeditions) in literature.
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Beats (Persons) in literature.
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Spiritual life in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Autobiographical fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst00822538
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Beat generation in literature. (OCoLC)fst00829330
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Quests (Expeditions) in literature. (OCoLC)fst01085709
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Spiritual life in literature. (OCoLC)fst01130148
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Giamo, Benedict. Kerouac, the word and the way. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2000 0809323214 (DLC) 99053205 (OCoLC)42690123 |
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058546443X (electronic bk.) |
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9780585464435 (electronic bk.) |
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