Jack Kerouac?s On the Road followed the lives of the beat generation and in doing so defined them as a people. His writing is criticized for its poor plot and weak character development, However; its descriptions are incredible. His spontaneous prose method and rhythmical writing gave it a uniqueness that helped make this one of our great novels. It is an educational and enjoyable book to read.
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in CLC, Vol. 61, 281.
Bowering, George. ??On the Road?: And the Indians at the End.? Stoney Brook 1969: .
191-201. Found in CLC, Vol. 61, 299-303.
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121. Found in CLC, Vol. 61, 285-286.
Curley, Thomas F. ?Everything Moves, but Nothing is Alive.? The Commonwealth
NA. Found in CLC, Vol. 61, 281.
Dempsey, David. ?In Pursuit of Kicks.? The New York Times Book Review 8 sept.
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Cultural Hero in the Works of Jack London, John Dos Passos, and Jack Kerouac The Cidadel Press, 1964: 57-80. Found in CLC, Vol. 61, 292-296.
Ginsberg, Allen. ?Kerouac.? Allen Verbatim: Lectures on Poetry, Politics,
Consciousness 1974: 151-160. Found in CLC, Vol. 14, 306.
Gussow, Adam. ?Bohemia Revisited: Malcom Cowley, Jack Kerouac, and ?On the
Road?.? The Georgia Review Summer 1984: 291-311. Found in CLC, Vol. 61,
310-314.
?Jack Kerouac.? Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 61. Detroit: Gale Research,
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?Jack Kerouac.? Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 14. Detroit: Gale Research,
1980.
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CLC, Vol. 14, 304-305.
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278-279.
Neil, Meredith J. ?The beginnings of our Times.? South Atlantic Quarterly Autum 1974:
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Quarterly Summer 1973: 385-407. Found in CLC, Vol. 61, 303-306.