Romance Of The Road: Literature Of The American Highway (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780879726980)

For four decades, the American road narrative has been a significant and popular literary genre for expressing journeys of self discovery. These works have been used as springboards for authors to define our national identity, to explore opportunities to escape from the daily routine, and to express social protest. This comprehensive study of an important American art form examines how road narratives create dialogues between travelers, authors, and readers about who we are, what we value, and where we hope to be going.
Writers examined include Jack Kerouac, Jim Dodge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Least Heat Moon, Robert M. Pirsig, Henry Miller, Joan Didion, Mona Simpson, and Walt Whitman.

Author: Ronald Primeau
ISBN-10: 0879726989
ISBN-13: 9780879726980
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2008
Pages: 182
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.06w x 0.48d