Becoming Kerouac (e-bog) af Jr., Paul Maher
Jr., Paul Maher (forfatter)

Becoming Kerouac e-bog

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Jack Kerouac was one of Americas great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characterized by persistent hardship and disillusion. Leading Kerouac scholar Paul Maher Jr. targets the writers embattled insight of self as central to his life and work. He reveals how Kerouacs troubled interactions with alcohol, drugs, and spirituality stamped its importance on his au...
E-bog 223,05 DKK
Forfattere Jr., Paul Maher (forfatter)
Forlag Lyons Press
Udgivet 14 november 2023
Længde 320 sider
Genrer 1KBB
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781589796881
Jack Kerouac was one of Americas great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characterized by persistent hardship and disillusion. Leading Kerouac scholar Paul Maher Jr. targets the writers embattled insight of self as central to his life and work. He reveals how Kerouacs troubled interactions with alcohol, drugs, and spirituality stamped its importance on his autobiographical prose and poetry and created a singular language that united thoughts on the human condition and spiritual liberation. Becoming Kerouac: A Writer In His Time affixes Kerouacs life and art in a fresh way, giving readers a rich perspective from which to understand this 20th-century literary genius.Using unpublished archival material, Becoming Kerouac focuses on the writers critical formative years 1940 to 1957 to demonstrate his growth as a novelist and poet. Maher contends that Kerouac developed his singular language to capture human consciousness as it never had before. His futilities catapulted American literature to reflect its restless post-World War II anxieties. Narrating the events that comprised Kerouacs life, biographers have long struggled to illustrate his complexness and the contradictions that shaped his determinations and dogged his relationships. But without consideration of the writing, the troubles in life fail to reveal their deeper resonances by skillfully analyzing the work while tracing the events. Maher achieves a full portrait, revealing struggles that problematize his work. Becoming Kerouac fuses Kerouacs life and art to comprehend this misunderstood literary genius.