Jack Kerouac: Collected Poems (LOA #231) (Library of America

Jack Kerouac: Collected Poems (LOA #231) (Library of America Jack Kerouac Edition)
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Poetry was at the center of Jack Kerouacâ€™s sense of mission as a writer. This landmark edition brings together for the first time all Kerouacâ€™s major poetic worksâ€”Mexico City Blues, The Scripture of the Golden Eternity, Book of Blues, Pomes All Sizes, Old Angel Midnight, Book of Haikusâ€”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 â€œbluesâ€ he developed in Mexico City Blues and other serial works, seeing himself as â€œa jazz poet blowing a long blues in an afternoon jam session on Sunday.â€ Many poets found Kerouac a liberating influence on their work: Robert Creeley called him â€œa genius at the register of the speaking voiceâ€; for Allen Ginsberg he was â€œa poetic influence over the entire planetâ€; and Bob Dylan said that Mexico City Blues was crucial to his own artistic development.
Also available in specially-designed jacket (978-1-59853-194-7)
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2012-08-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781598531930

Jack Kerouac: Collected Poems (LOA #231) (Library of America Jack Kerouac Edition)