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The haunted life : and other writings
- Title
- The haunted life : and other writings / Jack Kerouac ; edited by Todd Tietchen.
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Publication
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of Perseus Books Group, [2014]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 16-1165 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Tietchen, Todd F.
- Description
- x, 193 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "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.
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections (2014)
- Alternative Title
- Works.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 23).
- Contents
- Introduction: Jack Kerouac's ghosts -- I. The haunted life -- II. Sketches & 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 & 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-1165
- ISBN
- 9780306823046
- 0306823047
- LCCN
- 2013039075
- OCLC
- 853310539
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Title
- The haunted life : and other writings / Jack Kerouac ; edited by Todd Tietchen.
- Publisher
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of Perseus Books Group, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 23).
- Added Author
- Tietchen, Todd F., editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-1165