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Across Movements & Periods, History & Criticism, and Literature & Fiction — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Big Sur by Jack Kerouac.

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The Art of the Personal Essay An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present

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Wild Flowers Worth Knowing — Neltje Blanchan

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing

Neltje Blanchan

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A Retrospect And Other Articles (1896)

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The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker V2: The Honest Whore; The Whore of Babylon; Westward Hoe — Thomas Dekker

The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker V2: The Honest Whore; The Whore of Babylon; Westward Hoe

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Ancient Scottish Poems. Published From the Ms. of George Bannatyne, Mdlxviii — George Bannatyne

Ancient Scottish Poems. Published From the Ms. of George Bannatyne, Mdlxviii

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Allison’s Lad And Other Martial Interludes: Being Six One-Act Dramas — Beulah Marie Dix

Allison’s Lad And Other Martial Interludes: Being Six One-Act Dramas

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Poetische Schriften, Fuenf und sechzigster Theil — FRIEDRICH WILHELM. ZACHARIA

Poetische Schriften, Fuenf und sechzigster Theil

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Emmanuel Levinas: Literature, Philosophy and Religion — Dylan Fleck

Emmanuel Levinas: Literature, Philosophy and Religion

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Literature, Its Principles and Problems — Theodore Whitefield Hunt

Literature, Its Principles and Problems

Theodore Whitefield Hunt

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Moral Philosophy — Joseph Rickaby

Moral Philosophy

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By-Paths in the Balkans — Herbert Frederick William Von

By-Paths in the Balkans

Herbert Frederick William Von

Themes: Movements & Periods • History & Criticism • Literature & Fiction

Amazing and Extraordinary Facts Sherlock Holmes — N. Utechin

Amazing and Extraordinary Facts Sherlock Holmes

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The Critic — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Themes: Movements & Periods • History & Criticism • Literature & Fiction

The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell: An age like this, 1920-1940 — George Orwell

The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell: An age like this, 1920-1940

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Soul Drinker A Supernatural Thriller Romance — Matthew Yard

Soul Drinker A Supernatural Thriller Romance

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Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Abington, Massachusetts, June 10, 1862 Including the Oration, Poem, and Other Exercises — Abington

Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Abington, Massachusetts, June 10, 1862 Including the Oration, Poem, and Other Exercises

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Goethe, ein Kinderfreund — KARL. MUTHESIUS

Goethe, ein Kinderfreund

KARL. MUTHESIUS

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Literary Reflections Student Guide — COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

Literary Reflections Student Guide

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The Drury Gazette WINTER 2020

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A Compendium of American Literature — Charles Dexter Cleveland

A Compendium of American Literature

Charles Dexter Cleveland

Themes: Movements & Periods • History & Criticism • Literature & Fiction

Þe Liflade of St. Juliana — Anonymous

Þe Liflade of St. Juliana

Themes: Movements & Periods • History & Criticism • Literature & Fiction

The Sword of Light A Novel — Heather Graham

The Sword of Light A Novel

Themes: Movements & Periods • History & Criticism • Literature & Fiction

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Big Sur by Jack Kerouac — spanning Movements & Periods, History & Criticism, Literature & Fiction and featuring authors such as Phillip Lopate, Neltje Blanchan, Russell Barrington, Thomas Dekker, and others.

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