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Understanding William S. Burroughs / Gerald Alva Miller, Jr.
Van Pelt Library PS3552.U75 Z75 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Gerald Alva, author.
- Series:
- Understanding contemporary American literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997--Criticism and interpretation.
- Burroughs, William S.
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Literary criticism.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 145 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- William S. Burroughs
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2020]
- Contents:
- Understanding William S. Burroughs
- Desire and the ugly spirit: obsession, addiction, and Jouissance in Burroughs's early fiction
- The end of their forks: the microphysics of power in Naked lunch
- Rub out the word: The Nova trilogy and the severing of the signifier
- Rainbow jockstraps and death gods: the nomadic war machine in The Wild boys period
- Out of time and into space: humanity's evolutionary potential in the "Red night" novels
- Love: the final revolutionary force
- Epilogue: "Minutes to go, the heat are closing in".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical reference and index.
- ISBN:
- 1643360817
- 9781643360812
- 9781643360348
- 1643360345
- OCLC:
- 1129458447
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