"You're Putting Me on": Jack Kerouac and the Postmodern Emergence

Of the triumvirate of principal male beat writers--Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac--Kerouac's literary historical significance and artistic achievement remain understated. Johnson describes Kerouac as a seminal figure in postwar literary advances, a pre-postmodernist.

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Published in:College literature 2000-01, Vol.27 (1), p.22-38
Main Author: Johnson, Ronna C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American literature
Celebrities
Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969)
Literary criticism
Literary postmodernism
Narratives
Novels
Postmodern art
Postmodern literature
Postmodernism
Vanity
Visual fixation
Writers
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Summary:Of the triumvirate of principal male beat writers--Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac--Kerouac's literary historical significance and artistic achievement remain understated. Johnson describes Kerouac as a seminal figure in postwar literary advances, a pre-postmodernist.
ISSN:0093-3139
1542-4286