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The Kerouac Contagion by CaitlinKennedy0
The Kerouac Contagion
CaitlinKennedy0
  • Reads 123
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  • Parts 1
This is an poem that talks about how Jack Kerouac's 'The Road' inspired Katy Perry's song Firework. Russell Brand was Katy's Dean Moriarty. It also speaks on how his work helped Kristen Stewart through a turbulent time of her life. She was just caught cheating with the Snow White & the Huntsman director and was still experiencing backlash from the Twilight movies.
Beat Poetry by TheVenusWitch
Beat Poetry
TheVenusWitch
  • Reads 5,440
  • Votes 142
  • Parts 104
Modern beat poetry, old school Kerouac, classic Lana Del Rey. If Lana Del Rey's music had an affair with Jack Kerouac's work their love child would be my poetry, set against the pop culture of America, the high of Cubano, the Lolita age where the glamour of the seaside gives birth to Bel Air beauty queens.
The Raven (1845) by EdgarAllanPoe
The Raven (1845)
EdgarAllanPoe
  • Reads 21,012
  • Votes 900
  • Parts 1
"The Raven" tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". Cover by @Lujayna
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale (1851) by HermanMelville
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale (1851)
HermanMelville
  • Reads 257,131
  • Votes 3,450
  • Parts 138
"Moby-Dick" tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge.
The Red Badge of Courage by gutenberg
The Red Badge of Courage
gutenberg
  • Reads 10,806
  • Votes 72
  • Parts 1
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Completed) by BannedBooks
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Completed)
BannedBooks
  • Reads 36,912
  • Votes 197
  • Parts 44
This book has a very controversial past, due to offensive wording. From Wikipedia: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in 1884. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Satirizing a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism."