Rock and the Beat Generation

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Book review #34: Cambridge Companion to Kerouac

Prestige press' new release attracts praise

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Simon Warner
Nov 01, 2024
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Cambridge Companion to Jack Kerouac, edited by Steven Belletto (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

By Jim Cohn

THE KING IS DEAD. Long live the King. No, I’m not referring to the accession to the French throne of Charles VII after the death of his father Charles VI in 1422. I’m talking about the French-Canadian American writer, poet, and archivist Jean-Loui…

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