Atop an Underwood
272 pages2000Penguin (Non-Classics)ISBN 9780140296396
Beat generationLiterary collectionsProofs (Printing)Beats (Persons)Russian poetry, history and criticismRussian language, versificationRussian poetryHistory and criticismRussian languageVersificationNew York Times reviewedCollected works (single author, multi-form)
About this book
An anthology of early stories by the poet of the Beat generation. Topics range from his time in Columbia University, from which he was expelled, to an excerpt from a novel which is based on his service in the merchant marine.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780140296396
About Unknown Author
Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet of French-Canadian ancestry. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. He became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements.
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