Editing Beat Generation (section)

===Modernism===
[[Gertrude Stein]] was the subject of a book-length study by [[Lew Welch]]. Admitted influences for Kerouac include [[Marcel Proust]], [[Ernest Hemingway]] and [[Thomas Wolfe]].<ref>"In 'Author's Introduction,' which is included in ''Lonesome Traveler'' (1960), Kerouac ... goes on to mention Jack London, William Saroyan, and Ernest Hemingway as early influences and mentions Thomas Wolfe as a subsequent influence." William Lawlor, ''Beat culture: lifestyles, icons, and impact'', 2005, {{ISBN|1-85109-400-8}}, {{ISBN|978-1-85109-400-4}} p. 153. "And if one considers The Legend of Dulouz, one must acknowledge the influence of Marcel Proust. Like Proust, Kerouac makes his powerful memory the source of much of his writing and again like Proust, Kerouac envisions his life's literary output as one great book." Lawlor, p. 154.</ref>