Speeding Across the Rhizome : Deleuze Meets Kerouac On the Road
Item
Title
Speeding Across the Rhizome : Deleuze Meets Kerouac On the Road
Creator
Abel, Marco
Subject
A reading of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" alongside the literary criticism of Gilles Deleuze and his counterparts. Emphasis on Deleuze and Félix Guattari's notion of the "rhizome" in comparison to the spontaneous routes of cross-country travel taken by characters in Kerouac's novel, and the innovative styles and shapes of his prose. Conversation with Deleuze's own reading of and writings on "On the Road" through the critic's descriptions of what is meant by the term "minor literature" : writing which is characteristically "deterritorializ[ed]" and exhibits a collective, political nature.
Date
2002
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
Identifier
Coverage
20th century
United States
ISSN
1080-658X
Publication Title
MFS Modern Fiction Studies
Volume
48
Number
2
Pages
227-256