Brother-souls : John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat generation /
John Clellon Holmes met Jack Kerouac on a hot New York City weekend in 1948, and until the end of Kerouac's life they were--in Holmes's words--"Brother Souls." Both were neophyte novelists, hungry for literary fame but just as hungry to find a new way of responding to their exper...
| Основен автор: | Charters, Ann. |
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| Други автори: | Charters, Samuel, 1929-2015. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
℗♭2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=342750 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Brother-souls. |
| Резюме: |
John Clellon Holmes met Jack Kerouac on a hot New York City weekend in 1948, and until the end of Kerouac's life they were--in Holmes's words--"Brother Souls." Both were neophyte novelists, hungry for literary fame but just as hungry to find a new way of responding to their experiences in a postwar American society that for them had lost its direction. Late one night as they sat talking, Kerouac spontaneously created the term "Beat Generation" to describe this new attitude they felt stirring around them. Brother Souls is the remarkable chronicle of this cornerstone friendsh. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvi, 441 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781604735802 1604735805 |