The now-classic book began as a sprawling, 120-foot long manuscript scroll. On the Road became a defining work of the Beat Generation, a loose collaborative of artists and writers who rejected the mainstream in favor of the experimental and spiritual. Kerouac famously drafted the book in a three-week explosion of “spontaneous prose,” lending the text a jazz-like cadence and stream-of-consciousness narrative. In 1957, Viking Press published On the Road, a fictionalized account of Kerouac’s numerous cross-country trips.
Taken together, this rich literary heritage reflects America in all of its complexity: its energy, hope, conflict, disillusionment, and creativity.Įstimated reading time: 3 minutes Jack Kerouac Previously underrepresented voices began to be heard, culminating with an explosion of perspectives in the modern era. Then, over the course of the 1800s, a new, democratic style emerged, rooted in the way Americans talked and thought. Writers of the 1600s and 1700s borrowed forms and themes from Europe, applying them to New World settings and issues. rules of the road.The authors featured in our exhibit American Voices represent the evolution and flourishing of American writing. What do you know about American traffic laws? See if you can pass this quiz about the U.S. Today, if you don't know the rules of the road, you simply can't be on the road: walking, talking, driving or otherwise. The first road was paved in 1919 in Michigan. Street signs as specific as "No Left Turn" began popping up across the country a few years later. The first traffic light went up in Cleveland in 1914. Some people woke up one day and decided to enact traffic laws. Some people zigzagged from sidewalk to sidewalk. Some people drove on the right side of the road, in tradition of change. To make matters worse, there were no rules. Some people drove on the left side of the road, in tradition of horseback. The roads weren't paved, but they were packed with horses, buggies, wagons, cycles, people and more. By the late 19th century, the gas-powered car was invented and introduced to America. There were still no paved roads, however, and still no rules. Then came the horse and buggy, which allowed people who didn't know how to ride a horse to travel via horse. You could ride your horse wherever you wanted. Back when people rode horses everywhere, there were no rules.
Driving has become more and more complicated as technology has advanced.
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