Kerouac

A summary of my experiences with the Beat generation and how I identified with Beat writers in high school.

Known internationally for his Beat novel "On The Road," Kerouac none-the-less was an acomplished writer with a lifelong obsession for putting things in print.

A listing of Jack Kerouac's contributions to magazine and periodicals

Morgan's book is a strict biographical approach to the author's life, not necessarily a literary biography by definition. Morgan leaves the deciphering of the poems' meanings to Schumacher's The Dharma Lion and to Miles's Ginsberg: A Biography.

Jack Kerouac and Amos Tutuola Used the mechanisms of verbal folk tradition to develop their spontaneous writing styles.

Analyzing the works, On the Road and One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Examining the declining opinion of Beat poetry amongst modern college students.

What would your life be like if you were the daughter of Jack Kerouac? This short piece of fiction explores the idea.

Here, I explore the use of Freudian wit in Kerouac and Bunuel's work.

Are you dreaming to become the next Kerouac? Kerouac's novels, especially Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums, were essentially an author's How-to write using the spontaneous prose method. Learn more how to write in trance-like meditation the way Kaerouac did.

A review of the original scroll version of On The Road.

Kerouac named Joyce as one of his greatest influences. See how Kerouac developed his spontaneous prose method through the influences of Joyce, Wolfe, and William Saroyan.

Kerouac is renowned for his first draft spontaneous prose work. Go to the source to find how-to's in his writing.

General overview of the Jack Kerouac novel Dharma Bums and how it encourages the wanderlust in me.

Kerouac was considered outsider literature. Does this mean his writings play into Michel Foucault's theories about culture?

Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" is a classic of American literature and shaped an entire generation. This paper discusses the work, with particular emphasis on the main character, Dean Moriarity.

Seven books everybody should read.

Jack Kerouac passed away on October 21, 1969, but his influential book on the Road continues to be as popular as ever. Here are ten songs to take with you "On the Road" along with the book.

An explanation of poetry and what makes poetry and literature great, as well as specific examples from two of the great poems of American Poetry.

An opinionated review of Catcher in the Rye, On the Road and Moby Dick.

A good Sunday.