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22 giu 2024 · Kerouac ha accettato l'invito della casa editrice perché gli sono stati promessi mille dollari. Ne ha, dice, un gran bisogno. Tradotto in tutto il mondo, non ha mai di che «pagare l'affitto».
1 giorno fa · According to Kerouac, the term “beat” was taken from two of its meanings. One was the slang term meaning “tired”—which makes sense, given how marginalized some of these figures were in ...
26 giu 2024 · DETAIL: Jack Kerouac’s On the Road has become a classic text in American literary counterculture. Set in the aftermath of the Second World War , Sal Paradise’s account of his travels across America has become emblematic of the struggle to retain the freedom of the American dream in a more sober historical moment.
- Nicky Marsh
20 giu 2024 · Unfortunately, Kerouac suffered a broken leg during the second game of his freshman season at Columbia. He soon dropped out of school. After a failed attempt as a sportswriter he became a merchant seaman 1 before returning to Columbia two years later, in the fall of 1942, rejoining the Lions squad.
4 giorni fa · Ginsberg claimed throughout his life that his biggest inspiration was Kerouac's concept of "spontaneous prose." He believed literature should come from the soul without conscious restrictions. Ginsberg was much more prone to revise than Kerouac.
2 lug 2024 · In the case of The Unknown Kerouac, recently published by Library of America, ancillary, incomplete writings that were never meant for publication are collected to “provide missing links in Kerouac’s path to a wholly new style of storytelling,” as the press release claims.
18 giu 2024 · Bits about Kerouac, some words from him on the cover – think that may have been stolen from Moody Street Irregulars – the terrific Kerouac fan magazine from Joy Walsh that played a significant role in reviving Jack Kerouac’s reputation all those years ago.
