Jennie Skerl - William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989
Here you can read online Jennie Skerl - William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989 full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 1991, publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, genre: Art. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:
Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.
Book:
William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989
William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989: summary, description and annotation
We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.
Jennie Skerl and Robin Lydenberg have selected twenty-five critical essays on Burroughs that reflect the historical reception of his work, both positive and negative, decade by decade, and that represent the best essays written about him. The essays cover Burroughs major novelsincluding the cut-up and new trilogiesthe censorship issue, and his work in film and painting. The chronological organization brings into critical focus the shift from moral questions raised by the novels content, through examinations of Burroughs relationship to humanism and modernism, and finally to more focused literary and linguistic issues. In their introduction, the editors survey the progress of Burroughs critical reception and examine the reasons for the varied and intense responses to the work and the theoretical assumptions behind those responses. The reviewers include prominent figures such as Mary McCarthy and Marshall McLuhan as well as major academic critics such as Cary Nelson, Tony Tanner, and Ihab Hassan.
Jennie Skerl: author's other books
Who wrote William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.
William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989 — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work
Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.
William S. Burroughs At the Front : Critical Reception, 1959-1989
author
:
Skerl, Jennie.
publisher
:
Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0809315866
print isbn13
:
9780809315864
ebook isbn13
:
9780585039503
language
:
English
subject
Burroughs, William S.,--1914- --Criticism and interpretation, Beat generation.
publication date
:
1991
lcc
:
PS3552.U75Z93 1991eb
ddc
:
813/.54
subject
:
Burroughs, William S.,--1914- --Criticism and interpretation, Beat generation.
Page iii
William S. Burroughs At the Front
Critical Reception, 19591989
Edited by Jennie Skerl and Robin Lydenberg
Southern Illinois University Press
Carbondale and Edwardsville
Page iv
Copyright 1991 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Designed by Katherine E. Swanson Production supervised by Natalia Nadraga 98 975 4 3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
William S. Burroughs at the front: critical reception, 19591989 / edited by Jennie Skerl and Robin Lydenberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8093-1585-8. ISBN 0-8093-1586-6 (pbk.) 1. Burroughs, William S., 1914Criticism and interpretation. I. Skerl, Jennie. II. Lydenberg, Robin, 1947 PS3552.U75Z93 1991 813'.54dc2090-9403 CIP
Photograph of William S. Burroughs by Kate Simon
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Page v
Contents
Introduction
1. Points of Intersection: An Overview of William S. Burroughs and His Critics
Robin Lydenberg and Jennie Skerl
3
1950s
2. The Book Burners and Sweet Sixteen
John Ciardi
19
3. Anyone Who Can Pick Up a Frying Pan Owns Death
Alan Ansen
25
1960s
4. Burroughs' Naked Lunch
Mary McCarthy
33
5. UGH
John Willett
41
6. Responses to "UGH "
John Calder, Michael Moorcock, Edith Sitwell, Victor Gollancz, Eric Mottram, and William S. Burroughs
45
7. The Subtracting Machine: The Work of William Burroughs
Ihab Hassan
53
8. Notes on Burroughs
Marshall McLuhan
69
9. Objections to William Burroughs
David Lodge
75
10. The Algebra of Need
Theodore Solotaroff
85
11. William Burroughs and the Literature of Addiction
Frank D. McConnell
91
1970s
12. Rub Out the Word
Tony Tanner
105
13. He's just wild about writing
Alfred Kazin
115
Page vi
14. The end of the body: radical space in Burroughs
Similar books «William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989»
Look at similar books to William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.
Reviews about «William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989»
Discussion, reviews of the book William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989 and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.
