Gonzo republic Hunter S. Thompson's America William Stephenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephenson, William, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thompson, Hunter S.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Gonzo Republic looks at Hunter S. Thompson's complex relationship with America. Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist. Stephenson examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his early reporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960s to his twenty-first-century internet columns on sport, politics and 9/11. Stephenson argues that Thompson inhabited, but was to some extent reacting against, the tradition of American individualism begun by the Founding Fathers and continued by Emerson and Thoreau. Thompson sought out the edge-the threshold of chaos and insanity-in order to define himself. His characters enact the same quest, travelling through the surreal landscape of his literary America: the Gonzo Republic

Contents:

Stepping into history: Values, contexts, influences

Riding with the angels, tripping in the Haight: Drugs, authorities, countercultures

Gonzo fists, guinea worms and freaks: The political circus

The elusive American dream; the edge, the lodge and the frontier; Gonzo sex and gender

'Bash the buggers silly; bomb the insane': Thompson and the American empire

Conclusion: 'The place of definitions'

Acknowledgements 1. Stepping into History: Values, Contexts, Influences 2. Riding with the Angels, Tripping in the Haight: Drugs, Authorities, Countercultures 3. Gonzo Fists, Guinea Worms and Freaks: the Political Circus 4. The Elusive American Dream; the Edge, the Lodge and the Frontier; Gonzo Sex and Gender 5. 'Bash the Buggers Silly; Bomb the Insane': Thompson and the American Empire 6. Conclusion: 'The Place of Definitions' Appendix One. Thompson on Film Appendix Two. The Gonzo Net Bibliography Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786613380302

9781441163424

1441163425

9781472542458

1472542452

9781283380300

1283380307

9781441142290

1441142290

OCLC:

769344395