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Mexico City Blues
Mexico City Blues
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One of the renowned Beat writer's most formally inventive books, Mexico City Blues is Jack Kerouac's essential work of lyric verse,now reissued following his centenary celebration
Written between 1954 and 1957, and published originally byGrove Press in 1959, Mexico City Blues is Kerouac's mostimportant verse work. It incorporates all the elements ofhis theory of spontaneous composition and his interest in Buddhism.Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are lyricallycombined in the loose format inspired by jazz and the blues. Written whileKerouac was living in Mexico City, and with references to William S.Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Bill Garver, this exciting book in Kerouac'soeuvre is an original and moving epic of sound, rhythm, and religion.
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Written between 1954 and 1957, and published originally byGrove Press in 1959, Mexico City Blues is Kerouac's mostimportant verse work. It incorporates all the elements ofhis theory of spontaneous composition and his interest in Buddhism.Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are lyricallycombined in the loose format inspired by jazz and the blues. Written whileKerouac was living in Mexico City, and with references to William S.Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Bill Garver, this exciting book in Kerouac'soeuvre is an original and moving epic of sound, rhythm, and religion.
