Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend: The Mythic Form of an Autobiographical Fiction

by James T. Jones

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In the only critical examination of all of Jack Kerouac's published prose, James T. Jones turns to Freud to show how the great Beat writer used the Oedipus myth to shape not only his individual works but also the entire body of his writing.

Like Balzac, Jones explains, Kerouac conceived an overall plan for his total writing corpus, which he called the Duluoz Legend after Jack Duluoz, his fictional alter ego. While Kerouac's work attracts...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0809322633

ISBN13:9780809322633

Release Date:October 1999

Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Beat Generation Classics Criticism & Theory Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Movements & Periods Psychology

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