On the Road
The Original Scroll
New York : Penguin Books, 2008.
Format: Book
Description: 408 pages ; 22 cm.
A reproduction of Kerouac's original 1951 scroll draft of "On the Road" offers insight into the writer's thematic vision and narrative voice as influenced by the American literary, musical, and visual arts of the post-World War II period.
Series: Penguin classics deluxe edition.
Contents:
Fast this time : Jack Kerouac and the writing of On the road / Howard Cunnell -- Rewriting America : Kerouac's nation of "underground monsters" / Penny Vlagopoulos -- "Into the heart of things" : Neal Cassady and the search for the authentic / George Mouratidis -- "The straight line will take you only to death" : the scroll manuscript and contemporary literary theory / Joshua Kupetz -- On the road : the original scroll.
ISBN:
9780143105466
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Kerouac | Northeast Indoors | Fiction | In |
"The legendary first draft - rougher, wilder, and racier than the 1957 edition"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.