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Understanding William S. Burroughs /

Through critical readings Gerald Alva Miller, Jr., examines the life of William S. Burroughs and the evolution of his various radical styles not just in writing but also in audio, film, and painting. Although Burroughs remains tied to the Beat Generation, his works prove more revolutionary. Miller a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Gerald Alva (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2020]
Colección:Understanding contemporary American literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- UNDERSTANDING WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Series Editor's Preface -- Chapter 1 Understanding William S. Burroughs -- Chapter 2 Desire and the Ugly Spirit: Obsession, Addiction, and Jouissance in Burroughs's Early Fiction -- Chapter 3 The End of Their Forks: The Microphysics of Power in Naked Lunch -- Chapter 4 Rub Out the Word: The Nova Trilogy and the Severing of the Signifier -- Chapter 5 Rainbow Jockstraps and Death Gods: The Nomadic War Machine in The Wild Boys Period 
505 8 |a Chapter 6 Out of Time and into Space: Humanity's Evolutionary Potential in the "Red Night" Novels -- Chapter 7 Love: The Final Revolutionary Force -- Epilogue: "Minutes to go, the heat are closing in" -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index 
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