Theado, Matt, 1959-

Understanding Jack Kerouac / Matt Theado. - Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2000. - 200 p. ; 19 cm. - Understanding contemporary American literature .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.

Chronology -- Biography and background -- Kerouac's technique -- The town and the city (1950) -- On the road (1957) -- Visions of Cody (1972) -- Doctor Sax: Faust part three (1959) -- Maggie Cassidy (1959) and The subterraneans (1958) -- Tristessa (1960), Visions of Gerard, (1963) and Buddhism -- Desolation angels (1965) and the Dharma bums (1958) -- Big sur (1962) -- Later work -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 --Criticism and interpretation.


Beat generation in literature.

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