Maher, Paul, Jr.
Becoming Kerouac: A Writer in His Time
- ISBN 13:
- 9781589796874
- author:
- Maher, Paul, Jr.
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Lyons Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 21.8 x 16 x 4.6 centimetres (0.6
- Genre:
- Biography, Literary, Arts & Photography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Becoming Kerouac: A Writer in His Time offers a fresh perspective on the life and art of 20th-century literary genius Jack Kerouac. Through unpublished archival material, this biography reveals how Kerouac's troubled interactions with alcohol, drugs, and spirituality shaped his autobiographical prose and poetry.
Paul Maher Jr., a leading Kerouac scholar, examines the writer's critical formative years from 1940 to 1957, demonstrating his growth as a novelist and poet. The book explores how Kerouac developed a singular language to capture human consciousness, catapulting American literature to reflect its restless post-World War II anxieties.
By skillfully analyzing the work while tracing the events of Kerouac's life, Maher achieves a full portrait that reveals struggles that problematize his work. This biography fuses Kerouac's life and art to comprehend this misunderstood literary genius.
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