The Duluoz Legend is the name given by Jack Kerouac to the novels that constituted the major body of his work. Jack Kerouac ( March 12 1922 &ndash October 21 1969) was an American Novelist, Writer, Poet, and In Kerouac's own words he described The Duluoz Legend writing that:
| “ | My work compromises one vast book like Proust's Remembrance of Things Past except that my remembrances are written on the run instead of afterwards in a sick bed. In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past (À la recherche du temps perdu is a semi-autobiographical Because of the objections of my early publishers I was not allowed to use the same personae names in each work. On The Road, The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, Doctor Sax, Maggie Cassidy, Tristessa, Desolation Angels, and the other are just chapters in the whole work which I call The Duluoz Legend. On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951 and published by Viking Press in 1957. The Subterraneans is a 1958 Novella by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. This is an article about the novel by Jack Kerouac For the band see Dharma Bums. Doctor Sax ( Doctor Sax Faust Part Three) is a novel by Jack Kerouac published in 1959. Maggie Cassidy, a 1959 novel by Jack Kerouac written about his times in Lowell MA from 1938 to 1939 This article refers to the short novel by Jack Kerouac For the Smashing Pumpkins song see Tristessa (song Tristessa Desolation Angels is a 1979 album by the Rock band Bad Company. In my old age I intend to collect all my work and reinsert my pantheon of uniform names, leave the long shelf full of books there, and die happy. The whole thing forms one enormous comedy, seen through they eyes of poor Ti Jean (me), otherwise known as Jack Duluoz, the world of raging action and folly and also of gentle sweetness seen through the keyhole of his eye. [1] | ” |
List of Works
The novels included in The Duluoz Legend include the following, in the order of time covered:
| Book | When Written | Time Covered |
|---|---|---|
| Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings | 1936 - 1943 | Various |
| Visions of Gerard | 1956 | 1922 - 1926 |
| Doctor Sax | 1952 | 1930 - 1936 |
| The Town and the City | 1946 - 1949 | 1935 - 1946 |
| Maggie Cassidy | 1953 | 1938 - 1939 |
| Vanity of Duluoz | 1968 | 1939 - 1946 |
| On The Road | 1948 - 1956 | 1946 - 1950 |
| Visions of Cody | 1951 - 1952 | 1946 - 1952 |
| The Subterraneans | 1953 | 1953 |
| Tristessa | 1955 - 1956 | 1955 - 1956 |
| The Dharma Bums | 1957 | 1955 - 1956 |
| Desolation Angels (novel) | 1956 - 1957 | |
| Big Sur (novel) | 1961 | 1960 |
| Satori in Paris | 1965 | 1965 |
Note: There are two books that are sometimes included in the Legend of Duluoz, and sometimes not. Atop an Underwood Early Stories and Other Writings is an Anthology of American Beat writer Jack Kerouac 's early work published by Viking Visions of Gerard is a 1963 novel by American Beat writer Jack Kerouac. Doctor Sax ( Doctor Sax Faust Part Three) is a novel by Jack Kerouac published in 1959. The Town and the City is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950 Maggie Cassidy, a 1959 novel by Jack Kerouac written about his times in Lowell MA from 1938 to 1939 Vanity of Duluoz (full title Vanity of Duluoz An Adventurous Education 1935-46) is a 1968 Semi-autobiographical Novel by Jack Kerouac On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951 and published by Viking Press in 1957. Visions of Cody is a novel by Jack Kerouac, perhaps his most stylistically free and varied The Subterraneans is a 1958 Novella by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. This article refers to the short novel by Jack Kerouac For the Smashing Pumpkins song see Tristessa (song Tristessa This is an article about the novel by Jack Kerouac For the band see Dharma Bums. Desolation Angels, published in 1965 yet written years earlier around the time On the Road was in the process of publication is a semi- autobiographical Big Sur is a 1962 novel by Jack Kerouac. It recounts the events surrounding Kerouac's (here known by the name of his fictional alter-ego Jack Duluoz three brief Satori in Paris, a 1966 novel by Jack Kerouac. A short semi-autobiographical tale of a man who travels to Paris then Brittany to do research on his genealogy
- Lonesome Traveler - This is not a novel, but is a collection of essays and sketches made by Kerouac. A 1960 novel by Jack Kerouac. Lonesome Traveler is a compilation of Kerouac's journal entries about traveling America and various exploits
- Book of Dreams - This is also not a novel, but a dream-journal from dreams recorded between 1952 and 1960
Notes
- ^ Jack Kerouac,Visions of Cody (London and New York: Penguin Books Ltd. Book of Dreams is the tenth Album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1977 , 1993). This passage occurs before the main text of the book and does not have a page number.
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