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Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of on the Road (They're Not What You Think)
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John Leland
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Viking Pr
Publication date
August 16, 2007
Pages
205
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780670063253
ISBN-10
0670063258
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$23.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A lighthearted discussion of On the Road profiles Kerouac's classic work as a timeless coming-of-age primer, in a literary study that focuses on the character of Sal Paradise and the lessons he imparts about such topics as work, sex, and spirituality.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Legions of youthful Americans have taken On the Road as a manifesto for rebellion and an inspiration to hit the road. But there is much more to the book than that. In Why Kerouac Matters, John Leland embarks on a wry, insightful, and playful discussion of the novel, arguing that it still matters because it lays out an alternative road map to growing up. Along the way, Leland overturns many misconceptions about On the Road as he examines the lessons that Kerouac?s alter ego, Sal Paradise, absorbs and dispenses on his novelistic journey to manhood, and how those lessons?about work and money, love and sex, art and holiness? still reverberate today.
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Hardcover
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from Viking Pr (August 16, 2007)
9780670063253 | details & prices | 205 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $23.95
About: A lighthearted discussion of 'On the Road' shows it to be a timeless coming-of-age primer, in a literary study that focuses on the character of Sal Paradise and the lessons he imparts about such topics as work, sex, and spirituality.
About: A lighthearted discussion of 'On the Road' shows it to be a timeless coming-of-age primer, in a literary study that focuses on the character of Sal Paradise and the lessons he imparts about such topics as work, sex, and spirituality.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (August 26, 2008)
9780143114376 | details & prices | 205 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.36 lbs | List price $16.00
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