BIOGRAPHIES

French, Warren. Jack Kerouac. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1986, 147 p.

Biographical and critical study.

McDarrah, Fred W, ed. Kerouac and Friends: A Beat Generation Album. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1985, 338 p.

Illustrated collection of reprinted and original essays recollecting the Beat era of the 1950s.

CRITICISM

Coolidge, Clark. “Kerouac.” The American Poetry Review 24, No. 1 (January-February 1995): 43-9.

Analysis of Kerouac's poetic and prose style.

Foster, Edward Halsey. “Kerouac.” In Understanding the Beats, pp. 28-83. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1992.

Introductory biographical and critical essay.

Additional coverage of Kerouac's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: American Writers Supplement; Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 25; Authors in the News, Vol. 1; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 2; Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, 1941-1968; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8R, 25-28R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 26, 54; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 5, 14, 29, 61; Contemporary Popular Writers; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 2, 16; Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series, Vol. 3; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, 1995; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; DISCovering Authors 3.0; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors, Novelists, Popular Fiction and Genre Authors, and Poets; Gay & Lesbian Literature, Vol. 1; Literature Resource Center; Novels for Students, Vol. 8; Reference Guide to American Literature; World Literature Criticism; and World Poets.