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Article: Jack Kerouac
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Jack Kerouac (John Kerouac) , 1922-69, American novelist, b. Lowell, Mass., studied at Columbia. One of the leaders of the
beat generation
, a term he is said to have coined, he was the author of the largely autobiographical novel
On the Road
(1957), widely considered the testament of the beat movement. Frequently employing idiosyncratically lyrical language, Kerouac's writings reflect a frenetic, restless pursuit of new sensation and experience and a disdain for the conventional measures of economic and social success. Among his other works are the novels
The Subterraneans
(1958),
The Dharma Bums
(1958),
Big Sur
(1962), and
Desolation Angels
(1965); a volume of poetry,
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Article: A WEEK OF JACK KEROUAC IN LOWELL
The Boston Globe;
June 20, 1988 ;
700+ words
... ... of its most famous sons this week -- Jack Kerouac, the chronicler of the Beat Generation ... of a major work of public art, the Jack Kerouac Commemorative. The commemorative is ... Pawtucketville Social Club for "A Guide to Jack Kerouac's Lowell" by Brian Foye, a literary ...
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