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The Face of God at the End of the Road: The Sacramentality of Jack Kerouac in Lowell, America, and Mexico

Albarran, Louis

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2013, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Dayton, Theology.
This dissertation examines Catholic devotionalism's positive impact on the novelist Jack Kerouac's work. It examines how Kerouac's engagement with devotionalism fostered his sacramentality and his sensibility of the imminent presence of the sacred, and the dissertation examines how Kerouac's sacramentality/sensibility moved him to attempt to convey the same sensibility to his readers. After the introduction, the dissertation examines how the Catholic subculture of Lowell, Massachusetts cultivated and fostered Kerouac's sacramentality. Then, it explores the interaction between Kerouac's devotionalism and sacramentality with mid-twentieth century/postwar America while it explores how his sacramentality offered him a way to critique the increased commodification of American life. Finally, it explores Kerouac's travels in Mexico and seeks to understand why that was the place where he achieved his greatest vision - a vision of God's face.
Sandra Yocum, Dr. (Committee Chair)

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  • Albarran, L. (2013). The Face of God at the End of the Road: The Sacramentality of Jack Kerouac in Lowell, America, and Mexico [Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1375235381

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Albarran, Louis. The Face of God at the End of the Road: The Sacramentality of Jack Kerouac in Lowell, America, and Mexico. 2013. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1375235381.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Albarran, Louis. "The Face of God at the End of the Road: The Sacramentality of Jack Kerouac in Lowell, America, and Mexico." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1375235381

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)