| Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of On the Road (They're Not What You Think) Contributor(s): Leland, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143114379 ISBN-13: 9780143114376 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: The author of "Hip: The History" embarks on a wry, insightful, and playful discussion of Jack Kerouacs "On the Road," arguing for its relevance and shows that it is a book full of lessons about how to grow up. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.08" W x 7.72" (0.38 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |