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Autore: Baker Phil Visualizza persona
Titolo: William S. Burroughs [[electronic resource] /] / Phil Baker Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Reaktion Books, 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
Disciplina: 813.54
813/.54/092
Soggetto topico: Novelists, American
Authors, American - 20th century
Beat generation
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-222).
Nota di contenuto: William S Burroughs Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1 St Louis Blues; 2 The Hidden Antagonist; 3 New York, New York; 4 Go South, YoungMan; 5 A Slip of the Gun; 6 Tangier and Naked Lunch; 7 Paris: Cut-ups at the Beat Hotel; 8 Burroughs 1960-65: Undesirable Alien; 9 Swinging London, 1966-73; 10 Holding the Bunker; 11 Kansas 1981-97: Adiós Muchachos; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements
Sommario/riassunto: Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs (1914--97) is an iconic figure of the Beat generation. In William S. Burroughs, Phil Baker investigates this cult writer's life and work-from small-town Kansas to New York in the '40s, Mexico and the South American jungle, to Tangier and the writing of Naked Lunch, to Paris and the Beat Hotel, and '60s London-alongside Burrough's self-portrayal as an explorer of inner space, reporting back from the frontiers of experience. After accidentally shooting his wife in 1951, Burroughs felt his des
Titolo autorizzato: William S. Burroughs  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-97927-2
9786612979279
1-86189-736-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910459437103321
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Serie: Critical lives.