| The View from on the Road: The Rhetorical Vision of Jack Kerouac Contributor(s): Swartz, Omar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809323842 ISBN-13: 9780809323845 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $33.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: Through careful analysis of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," Omar Swartz argues that Kerouac's influence on American society is largely rhetorical. Kerouac's significance as a cultural icon can be best understood, Swartz asserts, in terms of traditional rhetorical practices and principles. To Swartz, Kerouac is a rhetor who symbolically reconstructs his world and offers arguments and encouragements for others to follow. Swartz proposes that "On the Road "constitutes a "rhetorical vision," a reality-defining discourse suggesting alternative possibilities for growth and change. Swartz asserts that the reader of Kerouac's "On the"" "Road" "becomes capable of responding to the larger, confusing culture in a strategic manner. Kerouac's rhetorical vision of an alternative social and cultural reality contributes to the identity of localized cultures within the United States. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 98-47092 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.97" W x 8.91" (0.54 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Through careful analysis of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Omar Swartz argues that Kerouac's influence on American society is largely rhetorical. Kerouac's significance as a cultural icon can be best understood, Swartz asserts, in terms of traditional rhetorical practices and principles. To Swartz, Kerouac is a rhetor who symbolically reconstructs his world and offers arguments and encouragements for others to follow. Swartz proposes that On the Road constitutes a rhetorical vision, a reality-defining discourse suggesting alternative possibilities for growth and change. Swartz asserts that the reader of Kerouac's On the Road becomes capable of responding to the larger, confusing culture in a strategic manner. Kerouac's rhetorical vision of an alternative social and cultural reality contributes to the identity of localized cultures within the United States. |