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William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination
Professor Oliver Harris
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Description for William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination
Paperback. William Burroughs is one of America's great writers. This book examines the major works Burroughs produced in the 1950s - "Junky", "Queer", "The Yage Letters", and "Naked Lunch" - to piece together a material record of his creative history during his germinal decade as a writer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
William Burroughs is both an object of widespread cultural fascination and one of America's great writers. In this study, Oliver Harris elucidates the complex play of secrecy and revelation that defines the allure of fascination. Unraveling the mystifications of Burroughs the writer, Harris discovers what it means to be fascinated by a figure of major cultural influence and unearths a secret history behind the received story of one of America's great original writers. In ""William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination"", Harris examines the major works Burroughs produced in the 1950s - ""Junky"", ""Queer"", ""The Yage Letters"", and ""Naked Lunch"" ... Read more
William Burroughs is both an object of widespread cultural fascination and one of America's great writers. In this study, Oliver Harris elucidates the complex play of secrecy and revelation that defines the allure of fascination. Unraveling the mystifications of Burroughs the writer, Harris discovers what it means to be fascinated by a figure of major cultural influence and unearths a secret history behind the received story of one of America's great original writers. In ""William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination"", Harris examines the major works Burroughs produced in the 1950s - ""Junky"", ""Queer"", ""The Yage Letters"", and ""Naked Lunch"" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809327317
SKU
V9780809327317
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About Professor Oliver Harris
Oliver Harris is a professor in the School of American Studies at Keele University in Staffordshire, England. He is the editor of The Selected Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945-1959 and the editor of the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Burroughs' Junky. Harris is also the author of numerous scholarly articles on Burroughs, the Beat Generation, film noir, and the epistolary form. ... Read more
Reviews for William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination
William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination sets a new standard for Burroughs criticism. The book combines close textual readings, astute analysis and detailed research into the original letters and manuscripts, while drawing on more or less every other critical work on Burroughs published to date.... Focusing upon Burroughs' earliest and best-known texts, Harris does an excellent job of clarifying ... Read more