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

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unitid

{"value"=>"24834", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Berg Coll 24834", "type"=>"local_call"}

origination

{"value"=>"Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Áu revoir a l'art -- Period 394 : autograph manuscript"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1944 November 16", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1944-11-16"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 item (1 leaf)"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"27 x 21 cm"}], "supress_display"=>true}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>A photocopy of this document is found in the Jack Kerouac Papers (Berg Coll MSS Kerouac archive) New York Public Library</p>"}

acqinfo

{"source"=>"Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2018", "value"=>"<p>Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2018</p>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"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"}

date_start

1944-11-16

keydate

1944-11-16

date_end

1944-11-16

date_inclusive_start

1944

date_inclusive_end

1944

extent_statement

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

prefercite

{"value"=>"Áu revoir a l'art -- Period 394 : autograph manuscript, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library"}

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