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Published by University of South Carolina, 2001
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Understanding Jack Kerouac" by Matt Theado was issued in the excellent "Understanding Contemporary American Literature" series published by the University of South Carolina in 2001. This is the second printing hardcover. The hardcover is now Out of Print (OP). The series is, by the way, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli. This particular copy has a remainder mark on the bottom text-block edge. ******************************************* From the jacket blurb : "UNDERSTANDING JACK KEROUAC introduces a new generation of readers to what Matt Theado calls Kerouac's 'unwieldy accretion of published work . Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, selected letters, religious writing, and 'true story novels.' Presenting this cultural icon of the Beat Generation primarily as a writer than as a social rebel or media celebrity, Theado elucidates the reasons Kerouac's reputation has outlived disparaging beatnik associations and why his recently published works have attracted an expanded readership." Theado takes a book-by-book approach to the sometimes confusing canon and develops a framework for understanding Kerouac's thematic concerns, writing techniques, and artistic evolution." ***************************************** SERIES : Understanding Contemporary American Literature / SERIES EDITOR : Matthew J. Bruccoli / TITLE : Understanding Jack Kerouac / AUTHOR : Matt Theado / IMPRINT : University of South Carolina Press / PLACE : Columbia, S.C. / DATE : (2001) / EDITION : Second Printing / DETAILS : Contains a Preface, an Introduction, a Chronology, Notes, a Bibliography, an Index; [xvi] + 200 pages; 5" x 6 7/8", cloth covered boards and spine, with silver gilt lettering on spine; photo-pictorial dust-jacket. *************************************** CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD -- JACKET : NEAR FINE -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Clean and bright with near-negligible signs of handling (black remainder mark on bottom edge, (hence the condition grade). / BINDING -- Tight / INTERIOR -- Clean and bright with no marking. / JACKET -- Clean and bright with negligible signs of handling.