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What's Your Road, Man? : Critical Essays on Jack Kerouac's on the Road by Southern Illino Southern Illino (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSouthern Illinois University Press
ISBN-100809328836
ISBN-139780809328833
eBay Product ID (ePID)66025351
Product Key Features
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWhat's Your Road, Man? : Critical Essays on Jack Kerouac's on the Road
Publication Year2008
SubjectGeneral, Literary, American / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorSouthern Illino Southern Illino
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-014766
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"What's Your Road, Man'shows how pertinent Kerouac'sOn the Roadis to current critical concerns and functions as a compendium of current debates about Kerouac and the Beats."- James T. Jones, author ofJack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend: The Mythic Form of an Autobiographical Fiction , "What's Your Road, Man'shows how pertinent Kerouac'sOn the Roadis to current critical concerns and functions as a compendium of current debates about Kerouac and the Beats."-- James T. Jones, author ofJack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend: The Mythic Form of an Autobiographical Fiction, " What's Your Road, Man? shows how pertinent Kerouac's On the Road is to current critical concerns and functions as a compendium of current debates about Kerouac and the Beats."-- James T. Jones, author of Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend: The Mythic Form of an Autobiographical Fiction, " What's Your Road, Man? shows how pertinent Kerouac's On the Road is to current critical concerns and functions as a compendium of current debates about Kerouac and the Beats."— James T. Jones, author of Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend: The Mythic Form of an Autobiographical Fiction
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisThis title revisits a timeless American novel. The ten essays in this groundbreaking compilation cover a broad range of topics, employing a variety of approaches, including theoretical interpretations and textual and comparative analysis, to investigate such issues as race, class, gender, and sexuality, as well as the novel's historical and literary contexts. ""What's Your Road, Man? Critical Essays on Jack Kerouac's ""On the Road"" illustrates the richness of the critical work currently being undertaken on this vital American narrative.Combining essays from renowned Kerouac experts and emerging scholars, ""What's Your Road, Man?"" draws on an enormous amount of research into the literary, social, cultural, biographical, and historical contexts of Kerouac's canonical novel. Since its publication in 1957, ""On the Road"" has remained in print and has continued to be one of the most widely read twentieth-century American novels.Several essays enhance understanding of the book by comparing it with alternative versions of the text, like the original 1951 scroll manuscript and some of Kerouac's other novels, and with works by Kerouac's contemporaries such as Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. Further studies explore ethnicity, identity, and the novel's place in American literature as well as its relevance to twenty-first century readers.""On the Road"" has inspired readers for more than fifty years, and the new research included in ""What's Your Road, Man?"" introduces fresh perspectives on this classic work of American literature. Editors Hilary Holladay and Robert Holton have successfully woven little-known material with new understandings of familiar topics that will enlighten current and future generations of Kerouac enthusiasts and scholars for years to come., The ten essays in this groundbreaking compilation cover a broad range of topics, employing a variety of approaches, including theoretical interpretations and textual and comparative analysis, to investigate such issues as race, class, gender, and sexuality, as well as the novel's historical and literary contexts. What's Your Road, Man? Critical Essays on Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" illustrates the richness of the critical work currently being undertaken on this vital American narrative. Combining essays from renowned Kerouac experts and emerging scholars, What's Your Road, Man? draws on an enormous amount of research into the literary, social, cultural, biographical, and historical contexts of Kerouac's canonical novel. Since its publication in 1957, On the Road has remained in print and has continued to be one of the most widely read twentieth-century American novels. Several essays enhance understanding of the book by comparing it with alternative versions of the text, like the original 1951 scroll manuscript and some of Kerouac's other novels, and with works by Kerouac's contemporaries such as Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. Further studies explore ethnicity, identity, and the novel's place in American literature as well as its relevance to twenty-first century readers. On the Road has inspired readers for more than fifty years, and the new research included in What's Your Road, Man? introduces fresh perspectives on this classic work of American literature. Editors Hilary Holladay and Robert Holton have successfully woven little-known material with new understandings of familiar topics that will enlighten current and future generations of Kerouac enthusiasts and scholars for years to come., Combining essays from Kerouac scholars, this book draws on research into the literary, social, cultural, biographical, and historical contexts of Kerouac's canonical novel ""On the Road""., The ten essays in this groundbreaking compilation cover a broad range of topics, employing a variety of approaches, including theoretical interpretations and textual and comparative analysis, to investigate such issues as race, class, gender, and sexuality, as well as the novel's historical and literary contexts." What's Your Road, Man? Critical Essays on Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"" illustrates the richness of the critical work currently being undertaken on this vital American narrative.Combining essays from renowned Kerouac experts and emerging scholars, " What's Your Road, Man? "draws on an enormous amount of research into the literary, social, cultural, biographical, and historical contexts of Kerouac's canonical novel. Since its publication in 1957, " On the Road" has remained in print and has continued to be one of the most widely read twentieth-century American novels.Several essays enhance understanding of the book by comparing it with alternative versions of the text, like the original 1951 scroll manuscript and some of Kerouac's other novels, and with works by Kerouac's contemporaries such as Sylvia Plath's" The Bell Jar. "Further studies explore ethnicity, identity, and the novel's place in American literature as well as its relevance to twenty-first century readers."On the Road" has inspired readers for more than fifty years, and the new research included in" What's Your Road, Man?" introduces fresh perspectives on this classic work of American literature. Editors Hilary Holladay and Robert Holton have successfully woven little-known material with new understandings of familiar topics that will enlighten current and future generations of Kerouac enthusiasts and scholars for years to come."""
LC Classification NumberPS3521.E735O55 2008
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