Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 item (1 leaf); 27 x 21 cm

Summary

1. Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American Beat novelist, essayist, and poet. The collection consists of an autograph manuscript (1 leaf) containing Jack Kerouac's notes or journal entry entitled "Áu Revoir a l'Art .... Period 394," dated Nov. 16, 1944. The entry begins "I wrote close to half a million words since 1939, when I first began to write." It goes on to describe his recent literary output, and his thoughts on art and the quest for "self-ultimacy." On the other side of the lined sheet, printed as graph paper, Kerouac has charted a numerical grid for "Periods of My Life," Mar. 12, 1922 - Dec. 31, 1946, noting "Death" as period 432, and "Now" as period 394.

Subject

1. Authors
2. Manuscripts (documents)
3. Authors, American > 20th century
4. Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

Genre/Form

1. Manuscripts (documents)

Call number

1. Berg Coll 24834

Access (note)

1. Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Additional formats (note)

1. A photocopy of this document is found in the Jack Kerouac Papers (Berg Coll MSS Kerouac archive)

Source (note)

1. Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2018.

Author

1. Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969, creator.

Title

1. Áu revoir a l'art -- Period 394 : autograph manuscript.

Production

1. 1944 November 16.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Additional formats

1. A photocopy of this document is found in the Jack Kerouac Papers (Berg Coll MSS Kerouac archive) New York Public Library.

Source

1. Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2018.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Berg Collection
2. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Authors.

Research call number

1. Berg Coll 24834