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Auteur(s) : Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969)
Titre(s) : The haunted life [Texte imprimé] : and other writings / Jack Kerouac ; edited by Todd Tietchen
Publication : Boston : Da Capo press, a member of Perseus Books Group, 2014
Description matérielle : x, 193 pages ; 22 cm
Comprend : Introduction : Jack Kerouac's ghosts ; I. The haunted life ; II. Sketches and reflections
: For The haunted life : The odyssey of Peter Martin (1943) ; For The haunted life
(April 12, 1944) ; Post-fatalism (Bastille Day, July 14, 1943) ; Typing exercise (1944)
; The dream, the conversation, and the deed ; Some of Peter Martin's frenzy (c. 1947)
; There's no use denying it (1945) ; Outline of subsequent synopsis: The town and
the city (1948) ; Some town and city conclusions ; III. Jack and Leo Kerouac : Letters
(1942-1943), by Leo Kerouac ; A sketch of Gerard (1942), by Leo Kerouac ; A sketch
of Nashua and Lowell (1942), by Leo Kerouac ; Diary entry (1945), by Jack Kerouac
; An example of non*spontaneous deliberated prose (October 11, 1954), by Jack Kerouac
; Reflection on Leo (1963), by Jack Kerouac.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (page 23)
"In late 1944, under rather mysterious circumstances, aspiring writer Jack Kerouac
lost a novella-length manuscript titled The Haunted Life. Set in Galloway, a fictionalized
version of Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, the coming-of-age story of
Peter Martin-a character based on the author's recently departed friend Sebastian
Sampas-tackles the pressing issues of the day. At home in the working-class town the
summer before his sophomore year at Boston College, Peter finds himself conflicted.
Like many Americans, Peter is unsure, suspended between the economic crisis of the
previous decade and the impending US entry into World War II. In The Haunted Life,
Peter struggles to define what he believes to be intellectually true and worthy of
his life and talents. Skillfully edited by Todd F. Tietchen, assistant professor of
English at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell,The Haunted Life is rounded out
by sketches, notes, and reflections Kerouac kept during the novella's composition
as well as a revealing selection of correspondence with his father, Leo. "--Publisher
information
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Tietchen, Todd F.. Éditeur scientifique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780306823046 (hardback). - ISBN 0306823047 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb442424165
Notice n° :
FRBNF44242416
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