Title: On The Road Scroll
Description: on exhibit @ NYC library
Description: on exhibit @ NYC library
Depputante - November 12, 2007 08:28 PM (GMT)
Legendary roll manuscript of Kerouac's 'On the Road' on exhibit
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/071112/ente...ople_us_kerouac
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Photo of Scroll being viewed at New York Public Library:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photo/12112007/24...-foot-road.html
Spectators view a 60 foot section of the 120 foot 'On the Road' scroll on display at an exhibit of works by US beat writer Jack Kerouac 07 November, 2007 at the New York Public Library in New York. The exhibit is on display for the public 09 November 2007 - 24 February 2008 Photo:Don Emmert /AFP
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NEW YORK (AFP) - Fifty years after it was published, the 36 meter (120 feet) roll of paper on which novelist Jack Kerouac typed out his "On the Road" in a coffee- and Benzedrine-fueled three week frenzy has been put on exhibit in New York.
A legendary icon of the beat generation's creative intensity, the massive scroll went on display last week at the New York Public Library, together with other documents, pictures and objects from Kerouac and his contemporaries William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady.
The scroll contains the original, unedited text of "On the Road," Kerouac's tale of disaffected youth travelling around the country searching for a place in post-WWII America.
While the final version of the book, which five decades later still sells some 100,000 copies a year, changed several of the names and toned down some of the sex, the scroll makes clear who among his friends Kerouac was using as character models.
The scroll was sold at auction to a private buyer in 2001 for 2.4 million dollars, who has agreed to put the first half of it, some 18 meters (60 feet) on display.
"Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac On the Road" will continue at the New York Public Library through March 16, 2008, but the "On the Road" manuscript will be removed after February 24.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/071112/ente...ople_us_kerouac
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Photo of Scroll being viewed at New York Public Library:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photo/12112007/24...-foot-road.html
Spectators view a 60 foot section of the 120 foot 'On the Road' scroll on display at an exhibit of works by US beat writer Jack Kerouac 07 November, 2007 at the New York Public Library in New York. The exhibit is on display for the public 09 November 2007 - 24 February 2008 Photo:Don Emmert /AFP
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NEW YORK (AFP) - Fifty years after it was published, the 36 meter (120 feet) roll of paper on which novelist Jack Kerouac typed out his "On the Road" in a coffee- and Benzedrine-fueled three week frenzy has been put on exhibit in New York.
A legendary icon of the beat generation's creative intensity, the massive scroll went on display last week at the New York Public Library, together with other documents, pictures and objects from Kerouac and his contemporaries William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady.
The scroll contains the original, unedited text of "On the Road," Kerouac's tale of disaffected youth travelling around the country searching for a place in post-WWII America.
While the final version of the book, which five decades later still sells some 100,000 copies a year, changed several of the names and toned down some of the sex, the scroll makes clear who among his friends Kerouac was using as character models.
The scroll was sold at auction to a private buyer in 2001 for 2.4 million dollars, who has agreed to put the first half of it, some 18 meters (60 feet) on display.
"Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac On the Road" will continue at the New York Public Library through March 16, 2008, but the "On the Road" manuscript will be removed after February 24.
Karen - November 12, 2007 09:10 PM (GMT)
That was a really interesting read! Thanks so much for sharing it with us!
herestoyou - November 12, 2007 10:08 PM (GMT)
Thanks for posting this article Depputante, very interesting. It would be great to see that scroll---maybe someone in the area will be able to check it out.
-Donna
-Donna
shadowdog - November 13, 2007 05:00 PM (GMT)
Has the revised book come out yet?? I understand it was supposed to restore the deleted text from the scroll.
Christine M - June 11, 2008 05:54 AM (GMT)
I tried opening the links that have been posted here, but apparently they have been disabled.
My daughter and I were in NY City in Dec. 2007 and wanted to see the exhibit, but the line was too long. Since we had a limited amount of time before heading back home, we decided to go on to the Metropolitan Art Museum. I was really disappointed that we didn't get to see the exhibit. But I did get this picture.
Did anyone else have the opportunity to see the exhibit?
I haven't found anything that mentions the revised book has been released.
My daughter and I were in NY City in Dec. 2007 and wanted to see the exhibit, but the line was too long. Since we had a limited amount of time before heading back home, we decided to go on to the Metropolitan Art Museum. I was really disappointed that we didn't get to see the exhibit. But I did get this picture.
Did anyone else have the opportunity to see the exhibit?
I haven't found anything that mentions the revised book has been released.
deppaholic - June 11, 2008 06:59 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Christine M @ Jun 10 2008, 11:54 PM) |
I haven't found anything that mentions the revised book has been released. |
My public library has this one, Christine. Do you think it's the one?
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...n=9780670063550
I checked it out when it first came in. I must say it takes a concerted effort to read the original from the scroll...
Rose