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Book of Blues by Jack Kerouac (1995, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140587004
ISBN-139780140587005
eBay Product ID (ePID)80599
Product Key Features
Book TitleBook of Blues
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicGeneral, American / General, Poetry
GenreLiterary Criticism, Poetry, Literary Collections
AuthorJack Kerouac
Book SeriesPenguin Poets Ser.
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-045902
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal811/.54
Table Of ContentBook Of Blues Introduction by Robert Creeley San Franciso Blues Richmond Hill Blues Bowery Blues MacDougal Street Blues Desolation Blues Orizaba 210 Blues Orlanda Blues Cerrada Medellin Blues Notes on Dates and Sources "Jack Would Speak Through the Imperfect Medium of Alice," by Alice Notley
SynopsisBest known for his "Legend of Duluoz" novels, including On the Road and The Dharma Bums , Jack Kerouac is also an important poet. In these eight extended poems, Kerouac writes from the heart of experience in the music of language, employing the same instrumental blues form that he used to fullest effect in Mexico City Blues , his largely unheralded classic of postmodern literature. Edited by Kerouac himself, Book of Blues is an exuberant foray into language and consciousness, rich with imagery, propelled by rythm, and based in a reverent attentiveness to the moment. "In my system, the form of blues choruses is limited by the small page of the breastpocket notebook in which they are written, like the form of a set number of bars in a jazz blues chorus, and so sometimes the word-meaning can carry from one chorus into another, or not, just like the phrase-meaning can carry harmonically from one chorus to the other, or not, in jazz, so that, in these blues as in jazz, the form is determined by time, and by the musicians spontaneous phrasing & harmonizing with the beat of time as it waves & waves on by in measured choruses." --Jack Kerouac, Eight extended poems from the acclaimed author of On the Road and Big Sur --featuring an introduction by Robert Creeley Best known for his "Legend of Duluoz" novels, Jack Kerouac is also an important poet. In the eight poems collected in Book of Blues , Kerouac writes from the heart of experience in the music of language, employing the same instrumental blues form that he used to fullest effect in Mexico City Blues , his largely unheralded classic of postmodern literature. "In my system, the form of blues choruses is limited by the small page of the breastpocket notebook in which they are written, like the form of a set number of bars in a jazz blues chorus, and so sometimes the word-meaning can carry from one chorus into another, or not, just like the phrase-meaning can carry harmonically from one chorus to another, or not, in jazz, so that, in these blues as in jazz, the form is determined by time, and by the musician's spontaneous phrasing & harmonizing with the beat of time as if waves & waves on by in measured choruses." --Jack Kerouac These poems include: - San Francisco Blues - Richmond Hill Blues - Bowery Blues - MacDougal Street Blues - Desolation Blues - Orizaba 210 Blues - Orlanda Blues - Cerrada Medellin Blues Edited by Kerouac himself, Book of Blues is an exuberant foray into language and consciousness, rich with imagery, propelled by rhythm, and based in a reverent attentiveness to the moment., Eight extended poems from the acclaimed author of On the Road and Big Sur --featuring an introduction by Robert Creeley Best known for his "Legend of Duluoz" novels, Jack Kerouac is also an important poet. In the eight poems collected in Book of Blues , Kerouac writes from the heart of experience in the music of language, employing the same instrumental blues form that he used to fullest effect in Mexico City Blues , his largely unheralded classic of postmodern literature. "In my system, the form of blues choruses is limited by the small page of the breastpocket notebook in which they are written, like the form of a set number of bars in a jazz blues chorus, and so sometimes the word-meaning can carry from one chorus into another, or not, just like the phrase-meaning can carry harmonically from one chorus to another, or not, in jazz, so that, in these blues as in jazz, the form is determined by time, and by the musician's spontaneous phrasing & harmonizing with the beat of time as if waves & waves on by in measured choruses." --Jack Kerouac These poems include: * San Francisco Blues * Richmond Hill Blues * Bowery Blues * MacDougal Street Blues * Desolation Blues * Orizaba 210 Blues * Orlanda Blues * Cerrada Medellin Blues Edited by Kerouac himself, Book of Blues is an exuberant foray into language and consciousness, rich with imagery, propelled by rhythm, and based in a reverent attentiveness to the moment.
LC Classification NumberPS3521.E735B55 1995
