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Shit
\n Into Gold: Jim Carroll’s The Basketball Diaries<\/i> and Forced
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By Cassie Carter<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title Page <\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nIf you want to cite this thesis, here’s where you find the bibliographic information. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table of Contents<\/strong> <\/td>\nThis page. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstract<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n\n

Summary
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Chapter
\n One<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n		\n

Introduction:
\n Shit Into Gold<\/b>
\n Through writing, Carroll transforms
\n his triumphs and his most vile experiences into poems, diaries,
\n and songs of visionary beauty. As a writer, Carroll is an
\n alchemist capable of transforming shit into gold. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Chapter
\n Two<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n		\n

The
\n Basketball Diaries
\n<\/b><\/i>Writing as a Weapon<\/b>
\n The beauty of The Basketball Diaries<\/i>
\n is its optimism: more than anything it is about the potential
\n an individual has to transcend the victimization of a corrupt
\n system. Carroll shows it is possible to make a difference
\n both in the way he lives his life and by creating a better
\n world through art. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Chapter
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Forced
\n Entries
\n<\/b><\/i>Writing as Pennance<\/b>
\n<\/i>Because the writer that he is
\n grows out of his experiencing and transforming his double
\n life, Carroll must embrace his past and write about it.
\n In many ways, Carroll’s becoming a Writer depends first
\n upon accepting the character identity of The Basketball
\n Diaries<\/i> then overcoming and transcending that identity
\n to legitimize himself as an Artist. Also, he must come to
\n terms with his addiction: he must retain enough personal
\n control to continue writing while still “hooked.” <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Chapter
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Conclusion
\n Writing as Redemption<\/b>
\n Because Carroll revises and redefines
\n his identity and his past with each work, a discussion of
\n his diaries alone barely scrapes the surface in revealing
\n his achievement as both an artist and the creator of himself.
\n Only by appreciating the complex interplay between Carroll’s
\n songwriting, poetry, and his diaries is it possible to see
\n to what extent, and how, Carroll has been able to revise
\n and transform his past.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Appendix<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nChronology<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Notes<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nFootnotes<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bibliography<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nWorks
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Copyright
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I\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3990,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/academic-studies-of-jim-carroll\/","url_meta":{"origin":4043,"position":4},"title":"Academic Studies","author":"catholicboy.com","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Book-length Discussions Cassie Carter, \"Jim Carroll's The Basketball Diaries and Forced Entries.\" 1990. San Diego State U. Master's Thesis.This was the first MA thesis written about Carroll. Jennifer Skye Hunt, \"An Unfinished Heart: Jim Carroll and Ted Berrigan's Collaborations and Mutual Influences.\" 2001. California State University Northridge. 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