William Burroughs and the secret of fascination
2003; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 41; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.41-0787
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis
ResumoUnraveling the mysteries of Naked Lunch, exploring the allure of fascination Burroughs is both an object of widespread cultural fascination one of America s great writers. In this study, Oliver elucidates the complex play of secrecy revelation that defines the allure of fascination. Unraveling the mystifications of Burroughs the writer, discovers what it means be fascinated by a figure of major cultural influence unearths a secret history behind the received story of one of America s great original writers. In William Burroughs the Secret of Fascination, Harris examines the major works Burroughs produced in the 1950s Junky, Queer, The Yage Letters, and Naked Lunch to piece together an accurate, material record of his creative history during his germinal decade as a writer. Refuting the junk paradigm of addiction that has been used categorize characterize much of Burroughs oeuvre, instead focuses on the significance of Burroughs letter writing his remarkable unsuspected use of the epistolary for his fiction. As Burroughs said Allen Ginsberg about Naked Lunch, the real novel is letters you. Drawing on rare access manuscripts, the book suggests new ways of comprehending Burroughs s unique politics aesthetics offers the first accurate account of the writing of Naked Lunch.
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