The Town and the City | Buchinfos, Beschreibung und ISBN

The Town and the City im Überblick

Mit The Town and the City liegt ein Buch von Jack Kerouac vor, das der Kategorie Sachbuch zugeordnet wird und sich für alle eignet, die gezielt nach Literatur mit diesem Schwerpunkt suchen. Inhaltlich lässt sich The Town and the City folgendermaßen zusammenfassen: The Town and the City is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950. This was the first major work published by Kerouac, who later became famous for his second novel On the Road (1957). Like all of Jack Kerouac's major works, The Town and the City is essentially an autobiographical novel, though less directly so than most of his other works. The Town and the City was written in a conventional manner over a period of years, and much more novelistic license was taken with this work than after Kerouac's adoption of quickly written "spontaneous prose". The Town and the City was written before Kerouac had developed his own style, and it is heavily influenced by Thomas Wolfe (even down to the title, reminiscent of Wolfe titles such as The Web and the Rock). The novel is focused on two locations (as suggested by the title): one, the early Beat Generation circle of New York in the late 1940s, the other, the nearly rural small town of Galloway, Massachusetts that the main character comes from, before going off to college on a football scholarship. Galloway represents the town of Lowell, Massachusetts, which the Merrimack river runs through, and where Kerouac was raised. The experiences of the young "Peter Martin" struggling for success on the high school football team are largely those of Jack Kerouac (he returns to the subject again in his last work Vanity of Duluoz, published in 1968). The "city" represents a number of figures of the early beat circle: Allen Ginsberg (as Leon Levinsky), Lucien Carr (as Kenneth Wood), William Burroughs (as Will Dennison), Herbert Huncke (as Junky), David Kammerer (as Waldo Meister), Edie Parker (as Judie Smith) and also Joan Vollmer (as Mary Dennison) -- though she essentially has a non-speaking role (however some of her ideas are quoted by the Ginsberg-figure). Near the end of the novel, the Waldo Meister character dies by falling from the window of Kenneth Wood's apartment (a distant echo of the real event: David Kammerer knifed by Lucien Carr, possibly in self-defense). In the novel the police largely just accept this as a suicide. A version of the events closer to the truth can be found in Vanity of Duluoz, in which Carr was arrested and eventually accepted a plea of manslaughter and a prison sentence; and Kerouac was arrested and held briefly as an accessory after the fact. Still another version of the story can be found in an early novel Kerouac collaborated on with William S. Burroughs, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, published after Kerouac’s death

Was diese Ausgabe besonders interessant macht

The Town and the City spricht besonders Nutzer an, die sich für Bücher rund um Sachbuch interessieren. Das hinterlegte Publikationsdatum 08.1993 unterstützt dabei, The Town and the City zeitlich korrekt zu klassifizieren. Dass The Town and the City in Deutsch erschienen ist, erleichtert die gezielte Auswahl für sprachspezifische Recherchen. The Town and the City ist besonders für Leserinnen und Leser interessant, die sich gezielt mit Veröffentlichungen von Jack Kerouac beschäftigen möchten.

Inhalte, Themen und Relevanz

Wer wissen möchte, worauf The Town and the City inhaltlich abzielt, findet in dieser Zusammenfassung einen ersten Ansatzpunkt: The Town and the City is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950. This was the first major work published by Kerouac, who later became famous for his second novel On the Road (1957). Like all of Jack Kerouac's major works, The Town and the City is essentially an autobiographical novel, though less directly so than most of his other works. The Town and the City was written in a conventional manner over a period of years, and much more novelistic license was taken with this work than after Kerouac's adoption of quickly written "spontaneous prose". The Town and the City was written before Kerouac had developed his own style, and it is heavily influenced by Thomas Wolfe (even down to the title, reminiscent of Wolfe titles such as The Web and the Rock). The novel is focused on two locations (as suggested by the title): one, the early Beat Generation circle of New York in the late 1940s, the other, the nearly rural small town of Galloway, Massachusetts that the main character comes from, before going off to college on a football scholarship. Galloway represents the town of Lowell, Massachusetts, which the Merrimack river runs through, and where Kerouac was raised. The experiences of the young "Peter Martin" struggling for success on the high school football team are largely those of Jack Kerouac (he returns to the subject again in his last work Vanity of Duluoz, published in 1968). The "city" represents a number of figures of the early beat circle: Allen Ginsberg (as Leon Levinsky), Lucien Carr (as Kenneth Wood), William Burroughs (as Will Dennison), Herbert Huncke (as Junky), David Kammerer (as Waldo Meister), Edie Parker (as Judie Smith) and also Joan Vollmer (as Mary Dennison) -- though she essentially has a non-speaking role (however some of her ideas are quoted by the Ginsberg-figure). Near the end of the novel, the Waldo Meister character dies by falling from the window of Kenneth Wood's apartment (a distant echo of the real event: David Kammerer knifed by Lucien Carr, possibly in self-defense). In the novel the police largely just accept this as a suicide. A version of the events closer to the truth can be found in Vanity of Duluoz, in which Carr was arrested and eventually accepted a plea of manslaughter and a prison sentence; and Kerouac was arrested and held briefly as an accessory after the fact. Still another version of the story can be found in an early novel Kerouac collaborated on with William S. Burroughs, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, published after Kerouac’s death Über die Schlagwörter Fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Social conditions, Fiction, general, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Rural-urban migration, Beat generation, Beats (Persons), Beatniks lässt sich The Town and the City auch in größeren Beständen gezielt auffinden.

ISBN, Revision und weitere Referenzdaten

Die Open-Library-Zuordnung über OL65935W und OL9048214M verbessert die externe Nachvollziehbarkeit des Werkes. Für die eindeutige Identifikation der Ausgabe sind sowohl die ISBN-10 3499149710 als auch die ISBN-13 9783499149719 hinterlegt. Neben den inhaltlichen Daten sind auch die materiellen Merkmale der Ausgabe erfasst: pocket, 10.7 ounces, 7.5 x 4.5 x 1.1 inches.

Bibliografische Eckdaten dieser Ausgabe

1. Internationale Standardbuchnummer (ISBN-13): 9783499149719
2. Verlag: Rowohlt Tb.
3. Erscheinungsdatum: 08.1993
4. Gewicht: 10.7 ounces
5. Ausgabeform: pocket
6. Schlagwörter: Fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Social conditions, Fiction, general, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Rural-urban migration, Beat generation, Beats (Persons), Beatniks
7. Inhaltliche Kurzcharakteristik: The Town and the City is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950. This was the first major work published by Kerouac, who later became famous for his second novel On the Road (1957). Like all of Jack Kerouac's major works, The Town and the City is essentially an autobiographical novel, though less directly so than most of his other works. The Town and the City was written in a conventional manner over a period of years, and much more novelistic license was taken with this work than after Kerouac's adoption of quickly written "spontaneous prose". The Town and the City was written before Kerouac had developed his own style, and it is heavily influenced by Thomas Wolfe (even down to the title, reminiscent of Wolfe titles such as The Web and the Rock). The novel is focused on two locations (as suggested by the title): one, the early Beat Generation circle of New York in the late 1940s, the other, the nearly rural small town of Galloway, Massachusetts that the main character comes from, before going off to college on a football scholarship. Galloway represents the town of Lowell, Massachusetts, which the Merrimack river runs through, and where Kerouac was raised. The experiences of the young "Peter Martin" struggling for success on the high school football team are largely those of Jack Kerouac (he returns to the subject again in his last work Vanity of Duluoz, published in 1968). The "city" represents a number of figures of the early beat circle: Allen Ginsberg (as Leon Levinsky), Lucien Carr (as Kenneth Wood), William Burroughs (as Will Dennison), Herbert Huncke (as Junky), David Kammerer (as Waldo Meister), Edie Parker (as Judie Smith) and also Joan Vollmer (as Mary Dennison) -- though she essentially has a non-speaking role (however some of her ideas are quoted by the Ginsberg-figure). Near the end of the novel, the Waldo Meister character dies by falling from the window of Kenneth Wood's apartment (a distant echo of the real event: David Kammerer knifed by Lucien Carr, possibly in self-defense). In the novel the police largely just accept this as a suicide. A version of the events closer to the truth can be found in Vanity of Duluoz, in which Carr was arrested and eventually accepted a plea of manslaughter and a prison sentence; and Kerouac was arrested and held briefly as an accessory after the fact. Still another version of the story can be found in an early novel Kerouac collaborated on with William S. Burroughs, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, published after Kerouac’s death
8. Thematische Hauptkategorie: Sachbuch
9. Autor beziehungsweise Autoren: Jack Kerouac
10. Open-Library-Editions-IDs: OL9048214M
11. Buchtitel: The Town and the City
12. Verfügbare Sprache dieser Ausgabe: Deutsch
13. Internationale Standardbuchnummer (ISBN-10): 3499149710
14. Abmessungen: 7.5 x 4.5 x 1.1 inches
15. Open-Library-Work-ID: OL65935W

Auffindbarkeit und bibliografische Präzision

The Town and the City profitiert für die Auffindbarkeit besonders von der Verbindung zwischen Jack Kerouac, Sachbuch und den Tags Fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Social conditions, Fiction, general, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Rural-urban migration, Beat generation, Beats (Persons), Beatniks, weil dadurch eine starke semantische Einordnung entsteht. Eindeutige Referenzdaten wie 3499149710, 9783499149719 und OL65935W verbessern die bibliografische Verlässlichkeit zusätzlich.

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