Maggie Cassidy

E310175

Maggie Cassidy is a semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac that portrays his youthful romance and coming-of-age experiences in his hometown.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
semi-autobiographical novel
author Jack Kerouac
basedOn Jack Kerouac's adolescence
Jack Kerouac's youthful romance
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacterBasedOn Maggie (Kerouac's early love interest)
firstEditionFormat paperback
followsInChronologyOfLife Jack Kerouac's childhood
genre coming-of-age novel
romance novel
semi-autobiographical fiction
hasAutobiographicalProtagonist Jack Duluoz as Kerouac's alter ego
hasTheme family relationships
identity formation
loss of innocence
memory
nostalgia
sports and athletics
youthful love
language English
literaryMovement Beat Generation
mainCharacterHobby football
track
mainCharacterOccupation high school student
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor depiction of Kerouac's first love
portrayal of pre-war New England youth culture
originalPublicationDate 1959
partOf Duluoz Legend
partOfAuthorProject Jack Kerouac's autobiographical cycle
portrays coming-of-age experiences
high school life
small-town American life
teenage romance
precedesInChronologyOfLife Jack Kerouac's early adulthood
protagonist Jack Duluoz
publisher Avon Books
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingLocation Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
style lyrical prose
stream-of-consciousness elements
timePeriodOfSetting 1930s
early 1940s
titleCharacter Maggie Cassidy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maggie Cassidy (fictionalized girlfriend)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jack Kerouac notableWork Maggie Cassidy
Duluoz Legend hasPart Maggie Cassidy
Doctor Sax relatedWorkByAuthor Maggie Cassidy
Maggie Cassidy titleCharacter Maggie Cassidy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Maggie Cassidy (fictionalized girlfriend)