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Mexico City Blues: 242 Choruses
One of the renowned Beat writer's most formally inventive books, Mexico City Blues is Jack Kerouac's essential work of lyric verse, now reissued following his centenary celebration
Written between 1954 and 1957, and published originally by Grove Press in 1959, Mexico City Blues is Kerouac's most important verse work. It incorporates all the elements of his theory of spontaneous composition and his interest in Buddhism. Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are lyrically combined in the loose format inspired by jazz and the blues. Written while Kerouac was living in Mexico City, and with references to William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Bill Garver, this exciting book in Kerouac's oeuvre is an original and moving epic of sound, rhythm, and religion.
Book Details
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Publish Date: Mar 21st, 2023
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.50in - 0.80in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780802162441
- Categories: • American - General• Subjects & Themes - Places
About the Author
JACK KEROUAC was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. He won a scholarship to Columbia University, where he first met Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. On the Road, published in 1957, epitomized to the world what became known as the "Beat generation" and made Kerouac one of the best-known writers of his time. He died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969.
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What people are saying
culture writer words @Independent @NewStatesman @openDemocracy @MediapartEN @Prospect_UK @Corriere @HuffPostUK @ForeignPolicy ig: alessio_colonnelli
Jack Kerouac, one of my all-time fav novelists, who also wrote the Mexico City Blues poems and knew Mexico like the back of his hand, would've loved this intro by @Leiva_Oficial – quite possibly, just as much as I do. This is for you, Jack. https://t.co/y8UM2FxMjN
#MAYC | #BAKC | #GCG | #OTHERSIDE | #GucciGrail | #TheHerbs
@rfdzw Praised be delusion, the ripple - Praised be the Holy Ocean of Eternity - Praised be I, writing, dead already and dead again - Jack Kerouac, Mexico City Blues - 228th Chorus
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Jack Kerouac was born on this day in 1922. His writing style, which emphasized spontaneity, influenced Bob Dylan's songwriting. Pictured: a selection of Dylan's books on display in the Columbia Records Gallery — including "Mexico City Blues" by Jack Kerouac. https://t.co/BEzrgt8l8O
Praise for this book
Praise for Jack Kerouac:
"The first clear development of the American Romantic prose since Hemingway, Kerouac's writing is full of mad sex, comedy, widescreen travel writing, and long lyrical evocations of American childhood and adolescent memories."--Times (UK)
"Kerouac's work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation."--Ann Douglas
"Each book by Kerouac is unique, a telepathic discord. Such rich, natural writing is nonpareil in the later twentieth century."--Allen Ginsberg
"An outsider in America, Jack Kerouac was a true original."--Ann Charters
What people are saying
culture writer words @Independent @NewStatesman @openDemocracy @MediapartEN @Prospect_UK @Corriere @HuffPostUK @ForeignPolicy ig: alessio_colonnelli
Jack Kerouac, one of my all-time fav novelists, who also wrote the Mexico City Blues poems and knew Mexico like the back of his hand, would've loved this intro by @Leiva_Oficial – quite possibly, just as much as I do. This is for you, Jack. https://t.co/y8UM2FxMjN