{"product_id":"a-map-of-mexico-city-james-t-jones-9780809330065","title":"A Map of Mexico City Blues: Jack Kerouac as Poet","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this pioneering critical study of Jack Kerouac's book-length poem, \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues--\u003c\/i\u003eapoetic parallel to the writer's fictional saga, the Duluoz Legend--James T. Jones uses a rich and flexible neoformalist approach to argue his case for the importance of Kerouac's rarely studied poem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After a brief summary of Kerouac's poetic career, Jones embarks on a thorough reading of \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues \u003c\/i\u003efrom several different perspectives: he first focuses on Kerouac's use of autobiography in the poem and then discusses how Kerouac's various trips to Mexico, his conversion to Buddhism, his theory of spontaneous poetics, and his attraction to blues and jazz influenced the theme, structure, and sound of \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e  Jones's multidimensional explication suggests the formal and thematic complexity of Kerouac's long poem and demonstrates the major contribution \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues \u003c\/i\u003emakes to post-World War II American poetry and poetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James T. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809330067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809330065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"James T. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080274800895,"sku":"9780809330065","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3797e6f9-783d-451f-951b-3b3974936d57.jpg?v=1685485901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-map-of-mexico-city-james-t-jones-9780809330065","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}