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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jack_KerouacJack Kerouac - Wikipedia

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   Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (/ ˈ k ɛr u. æ k /; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.

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3. www.theatlantic.com › magazine › archiveThe Friendship That Made ‘On the Road’—and the Beat ...

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   Mar 11, 2022 · The Friendship That Made ‘On the Road’—and the Beat Generation—Possible - The Atlantic. April 2022 Issue. Books. The Story of Jack and Neal. The friendship that made On the Road —and the...

4. www.poetryfoundation.org › collections › 147552The Beat Poets | Poetry Foundation

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   The collection that follows offers a sampling of work by poets associated with the Beat generation, including Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Michael McClure, and Diane Di Prima, along with essays, audio recordings, and discussions about their work and suggestions for further reading.

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6. oxfordre.com › literature › displayBeat Movement | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature

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   The Beat Generation, then, as Kerouac often noted, was as much about spirituality as it was about restlessness and rebellion. Kerouac would later insist that “beat” referred to street authenticity, exhaustion of the down-and-out, the rhythms of both the heart and the speaker, and ultimately to the beatitudes, which speak directly to the ...

7. www.latimes.com › local › obituariesFrom the Archives: Beat Generation’s Jack Kerouac Dies at 47

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   Oct. 22, 1969 12 AM PT. St. Petersburg, Fla. (UPI) — Novelist Jack Kerouac, father of the literary “beat generation” of the 1950s and reluctant godfather to today’s hippie movement, died...

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   What was Jack Kerouac best known for?

   • Jack Kerouac was an American writer best known for the novel 'On the Road,' which became an American classic, pioneering the Beat Generation in the 1950s. (1922-1969) Who Was Jack Kerouac? Jack Kerouac's writing career began in the 1940s but didn't meet with commercial success until 1957 when his book On the Road was published.

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   When did Jack Kerouac die?

   • Jack Kerouac's writing career began in the 1940s but didn't meet with commercial success until 1957 when his book On the Road was published. The book became an American classic that defined the Beat Generation. Kerouac died on October 21, 1969, from an abdominal hemorrhage, at age 47.

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   What was the Beat Generation?

   • The Beat Generation, then, as Kerouac often noted, was as much about spirituality as it was about restlessness and rebellion.

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   Why is Kerouac considered a beat?

   • Kerouac's blending of Buddhism with his Catholic traditions is also truly a Beat phenomenon—the search for new meaning without erasing one's existing sense of individual self. In addition, the common study and discussion of these things among friends truly dictates the other half of the Beat aesthetic—the search for connection to another person.

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9. www.goodreads.com › book › showBeat Generation by Jack Kerouac | Goodreads

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   Nov 1, 1992 · 3.28. 604 ratings34 reviews. Beat Generation is a play about tension, about friendship, and about karma—what it is and how you get it. It begins one fine morning with a few friends, honest laborers some of them, some close to being down-and-out, passing around a bottle of wine.

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    Apr 2, 2014 · Jack Kerouac was an American writer best known for the novel 'On the Road,' which became an American classic, pioneering the Beat Generation in the 1950s. Updated: Apr 14, 2021. Photo:...