03230nam 2200589 450 991081251530332120230803203059.094-012-1091-8(CKB)3710000000129335(EBL)1686963(SSID)ssj0001331311(PQKBManifestationID)11795468(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001331311(PQKBWorkID)11335064(PQKB)11072655(MiAaPQ)EBC1686963(Au-PeEL)EBL1686963(CaPaEBR)ebr10883312(CaONFJC)MIL811844(OCoLC)881568387(EXLCZ)99371000000012933520140627h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrMosaic of Juxtaposition William S. Burroughs' narrative revolution /Micheal Sean BoltonAmsterdam, Netherlands :Rodopi,2014.©20141 online resource (196 p.)Postmodern Studies ;51Description based upon print version of record.90-420-3848-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; I. ON THE ASSOCIATION LINE: A NARRATIVE REVOLUTION; Addressing Critical Assumptions; Making a Language of Independence; Writing against Ideology; Reassessing Narrative as Subject; Reading by Association; II. WORD VIRUS, PHARMAKON, AND BURROUGHS' METHOD; Parasite and Virus; Pharmakon and Pharmakeus; Method and Mosaic; III. GET OFF THE POINT: DECONSTRUCTING CONTEXT; Time and History; Place and Culture; IV. THE MARK INSIDE: DECENTRALIZING THE NARRATIVE SUBJECTIVITY; Dislocating the Narrative; Splitting the SelfReassessing Narrative Subjectivity V. CROSS THE WOUNDED GALAXIES: IMPLICATIONS AND INFLUENCESOF BURROUGHS' NARRATIVE EXPERIMENTS; The Hypertext and the Cybertext; The Cyborg and the Posthuman; The Virtual and the Viral; The Ghost in the Soft Machine; CONCLUSION: A SINGULARITY; Select Bibliography; IndexWilliam S. Burroughs' experimental narratives, from the 1959 publication of Naked Lunch through the late trilogy of the 1980's, have provided readers with intriguing challenges and, for some, disheartening frustrations. Yet, these novels continue to generate new interest and inspire new insights among an increasing and evolving readership. This book addresses the unique characteristics of Burroughs' narrative style in order to discover strategies for engaging and navigating these demanding novels. Bolton advises, "Burroughs' subversive themes and randomizing techniques do not amount to unmitigated...Postmodern studies ;51.Authors, American19th centuryCorrespondenceAuthors, American20th centuryCorrespondenceAuthors, AmericanAuthors, American810.8035809034Bolton Micheal Sean1660910MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812515303321Mosaic of Juxtaposition4016477UNINA