Jack Kerouac : collected poems / Jack Kerouac ; Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell, editor.

Author/creator Kerouac, Jack
Other author Phipps-Kettlewell, Marilène, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y. : Library of America, ©2012.
Descriptionxxx, 746 pages ; 21 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titlePoems. Selections
Portion of title Collected poems, Jack Kerouac
Spine title Kerouac, collected poems
SeriesThe Library of America ; 231
Library of America ; 231. ^A515081
Abstract Poetry was at the center of Jack Kerouac's sense of mission as a writer. This landmark edition brings together for the first time all Kerouac's major poetic works--Mexico City Blues, The Scripture of the Golden Eternity, Book of Blues, Poems All Sizes, Old Angel Midnight, Book of Haikus--along with a rich assortment of his uncollected poems, six published here for the first time. He wrote poetry in every period of his life, in forms as diverse as the classical Japanese haiku, the Buddhist sutra, the spontaneous prose poetry of Old Angel Midnight, and the poetic "blues" he developed in Mexico City Blues and other serial works, seeing himself as "a jazz poet blowing a long blues in an afternoon jam session on Sunday." Many poets found Kerouac a liberating influence on their work: Robert Creeley called him "a genius at the register of the speaking voice"; for Allen Ginsberg he was "a poetic influence over the entire planet"; and Bob Dylan said that Mexico City Blues was crucial to his own artistic development.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 714-729) and index.
LCCN 2011943152
ISBN9781598531947 (trade jacket)
ISBN1598531948 (trade jacket)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS3521.E735 A6 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold