Quest for Spiritual Peace in On the Road and How
Date
2006
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Department of English
Abstract
ack Kerouac's novel On the Roadand Allen Ginsberg's poem How lrepresent the
spirit against postwar American capitalism. Both writers have tried to destabilize the
capitalistic culture. America through its capitalistic system dominated all other values
imposing its own capitalistic interests. Capitalism in America valued only money and
material possession. This dehumanized the common people and degraded their spiritual
values. These writings have made an effort to bring spiritual oriented culture in
opposition to capitalistic norms and values. So, the present thesis tries to study the
spiritual lack in postwar American world and its fulfillment.
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Buddhism, English novel