Duluoz Legend
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The Duluoz Legend is the name given by the American
novel
ist and poet
Jack Kerouac
to the novels that constituted the major body of his work. Describing The Duluoz Legend, Kerouac wrote that that:
Note: There are two books that are sometimes included in the Legend of Duluoz, and sometimes not.
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ist and poet
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Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic...
to the novels that constituted the major body of his work. Describing The Duluoz Legend, Kerouac wrote that that:
List of works
The novels included in The Duluoz Legend include the following, in the order of time covered:Book | Written | Time covered |
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Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings is an anthology of American Beat writer Jack Kerouac's early work, published by Viking Press in 1991. It includes writings from Kerouac's high school years, poetry, short stories, essays and other previously unpublished works... |
1936–1943 | Various |
Visions of Gerard Visions of Gerard Visions of Gerard is a 1963 novel by American Beat writer Jack Kerouac. Unique among Kerouac's novels, Visions of Gerard focuses on the scenes and sensations of childhood as evidenced in the tragically short yet happy life of his older brother, Gerard. Kerouac paints a picture of the boy as a... |
1956 | 1922–1926 |
Doctor Sax Doctor Sax Doctor Sax is a novel by Jack Kerouac published in 1959. Kerouac wrote it in 1952 while living with William S. Burroughs in Mexico City.-Plot summary:... |
1952 | 1930–1936 |
The Town and the City The Town and the City The Town and the City is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950. This was the first major work published by Kerouac, who later became famous for his second novel On the Road . Like all of Jack Kerouac's major works, The Town and the City is essentially an autobiographical... |
1946–1949 | 1935–1946 |
Maggie Cassidy Maggie Cassidy Maggie Cassidy is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, first published in 1959. It is a largely autobiographical work about Kerouac's early life in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1938 to 1939, and chronicles Kerouac's real-life relationship with teenage sweetheart Mary Carney. It is unique for... |
1953 | 1938–1939 |
Vanity of Duluoz Vanity of Duluoz Vanity of Duluoz is a 1968 semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac . The book describes the adventures of Kerouac's alter ego, Jack Duluoz, covering the period of his life between 1935 and 1946... |
1968 | 1935–1946 |
On The Road On the Road On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. It is a largely autobiographical work that was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America. It is often considered a defining work of... |
1948–1956 | 1946–1950 |
Visions of Cody Visions of Cody Visions of Cody is an experimental novel by Jack Kerouac. It was written in 1951-1952, and though not published in its entirety until 1973, it had by then achieved an underground reputation... |
1951–1952 | 1946–1952 |
The Subterraneans The Subterraneans The Subterraneans is a 1958 novella by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. It is a semi-fictional account of his short romance with an African American woman named Alene Lee in San Francisco in 1953. In the novel she is renamed "Mardou Fox," and described as a carefree spirit who frequents the... |
1953 | 1953 |
Tristessa Tristessa Tristessa is a novella by Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac set in Mexico City. It is based on his relationship with a Mexican prostitute... |
1955–1956 | 1955–1956 |
The Dharma Bums The Dharma Bums The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The semi-fictional accounts in the novel are based upon events that occurred years after the events of On the Road... |
1957 | 1955–1956 |
Desolation Angels (novel) Desolation Angels (novel) 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 novel written by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac, which makes up part of his Duluoz Legend... |
1956–1957 | |
Big Sur (novel) Big Sur (novel) Big Sur is a 1962 novel by Jack Kerouac. It recounts the events surrounding Kerouac's three brief sojourns to a cabin in Bixby Canyon, Big Sur, owned by Kerouac's friend and Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti... |
1961 | 1960 |
Satori in Paris Satori in Paris Satori in Paris is a 1966 novella by American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac. It is a short, semi-autobiographical tale of a man who travels to Paris, then Brittany, to research his genealogy. Kerouac relates his trip in a tumbledown fashion as a lonesome traveler. Little is said about the research... |
1965 | 1965 |
Note: There are two books that are sometimes included in the Legend of Duluoz, and sometimes not.
- Lonesome TravelerLonesome TravelerLonesome Traveler is a collection of short stories and sketches by American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac, published in 1960. It is a compilation of Kerouac's journal entries about traveling the United States, Mexico, Morocco, the United Kingdom and France, and covers similar issues to his novels...
– This is not a novel, but is a collection of essays and sketches made by Kerouac. - Book of DreamsBook of Dreams (novel)Book of Dreams is an experimental novel published by Jack Kerouac in 1960, culled from the dream journal he kept from 1952 to 1960. In it Kerouac tries to continue plot-lines with characters from his books as he sees them in his dreams...
– This is also not a novel, but a dream-journal from dreams recorded between 1952 and 1960