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Kerouac, the word and the way : prose artist as spiritual quester

Author: Benedict Giamo
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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."  Read more...
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Giamo, Benedict.
Kerouac, the word and the way.
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2000
(OCoLC)606343115
Named Person: Jack Kerouac; Jack Kerouac; Jack Kerouac
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Benedict Giamo
ISBN: 0809323214 9780809323210 0809324318 9780809324316
OCLC Number: 42690123
Description: xxi, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Ben Giamo.
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Abstract:

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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