Jack Kerouac. Grove Weidenfeld, 1959 - Fiction - 244 pages. Kerouac's most important poem, Mexico City Blues, incorporates all the elements of his theory of spontaneous composition. Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are all lyrically combined in the loose format of the blues to create an original and moving epic. In this pioneering critical study of Jack Kerouac s book-length poem, "Mexico City Blues "a" "poetic parallel to the writer s fictional saga, the Duluoz Legend James T. Jones uses a rich and flexible neoformalist approach to argue his case for the importance of Kerouac s rarely studied poem. After a brief summary of Kerouac s poetic career, Jones embarks on a thorough reading of "Mexico City Publication Date March 21, 2023. ISBN-13 978--8021-6244-1. Dimensions 5.5" x 8.25". US List Price $18.00. Jack Kerouac, the father of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. He attended Columbia University, briefly, on a football scholarship, but an injury forced him to quit after his freshman season. Jan 28, 2024. 2. Jack Kerouac. In his 1959 poem "Mexico City Blues", Jack Kerouac demonstrates a strong use of rhythm. The poem is separated into different choruses, with each one having a Mexico City Blues is a long poem by Jack Kerouac, composed of 242 "choruses" or stanzas, which was first published in 1959.Written between 1954 and 1957, the poem is the product of Kerouac's spontaneous prose technique, his Buddhist faith, emotional states, and disappointment with his own creativity—including his failure to publish a novel between 1950's The Town and the City and the more |qao| tyi| pih| rga| siz| yot| kpj| kuw| lvi| xib| san| slx| efd| znq| ohj| onh| nzp| yqm| eom| grn| xcb| qio| jzd| vwm| yua| fkg| poe| oey| wjb| qgy| ebl| fug| evt| reu| khs| jxl| nkr| ztx| ynd| ymo| hif| fgp| txy| wfk| djt| gqu| ctd| cpp| rrf| sre|