On the Road
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On the Road is Jack Kerouac’s seminal Beat Generation novel that chronicles restless cross-country journeys and helped define postwar American counterculture.
Aliases (2)
- On the Road (1957 novel) ×2
- On the Road (2012 film) ×1
Statements (50)
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| instanceOf |
Beat Generation novel
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novel → |
| adaptation |
On the Road (2012 film)
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| author |
Jack Kerouac
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| basedOn |
Jack Kerouac’s cross-country travels
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| centralTheme |
American counterculture
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freedom → friendship → restlessness → search for meaning → spiritual quest → travel → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| featuresLocation |
Denver
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Mexico → New York City → San Francisco → |
| filmAdaptationDirector |
Walter Salles
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| followsCharacter |
Dean Moriarty
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Sal Paradise → |
| genre |
Beat literature
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autobiographical novel → picaresque novel → roman à clef → |
| hasISBN |
978-0-14-004259-7
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| influenced |
1960s counterculture
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American road literature → postwar American counterculture → |
| inspiredBy |
Allen Ginsberg
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Neal Cassady → William S. Burroughs → |
| literaryMovement |
Beat Generation
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| majorCharacter |
Carlo Marx
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Dean Moriarty → Marylou → Old Bull Lee → |
| mediaType |
print
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| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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| narrator |
Sal Paradise
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| notableRecognition |
classic of 20th-century American literature
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landmark work of the Beat Generation → |
| originalLanguage |
English
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| protagonist |
Sal Paradise
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| publicationDate |
1957-09-05
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| publisher |
Viking Press
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| setInPeriod |
late 1940s
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post–World War II era → |
| styleCharacteristic |
jazz-influenced rhythm
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spontaneous prose → |
| yearPublished |
1957
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Referenced by (23)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Carlo Marx
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Dean Moriarty → Dean Moriarty → Marylou → Old Bull Lee → Sal Paradise → |
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Carlo Marx
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Old Bull Lee → |
firstAppearance |
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Dean Moriarty
("On the Road (1957 novel)")
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Sal Paradise ("On the Road (1957 novel)") → |
firstPublicationContext |
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American literature
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Beat Generation → |
hasNotableWork |
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Jack Kerouac
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Walter Salles → |
notableWork |
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On the Road
("On the Road (2012 film)")
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adaptation |
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Hotel Chelsea
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culturalWorkCreatedThere |
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Walter Salles
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directed |
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Dharma Bums
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follows |
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Time 100 best English-language novels list
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hasWork |
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Sal Paradise
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narratorOf |
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Sal Paradise
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protagonistOf |
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Dharma Bums
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relatedWork |
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Neal Cassady
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subjectOf |