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This title in other formats:Naked Lunch @ 50: Anniversary Essaysby Oliver Harris
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Aberrant, obscene, and blasphemous, Naked Lunch was banned, ridiculed and castigated on publication in 1959, and yet fifty years down the line it has lost nothing of its power to astonish and inspire. A lacerating satire, an exorcism of demons, a grotesque cabinet of horrors, and a landmark experiment in linguistic derangement, it is a work of ecstatic, excoriating laughter and great, transcendent beauty. The first book ever to take on William Burroughs masterpiece, this critical collection brings together an international array of writers, scholars, musicians, scientists, and artists who cast new eyes on the writing and reception of Burroughs unique work. Tracing its origins from Texas to Tangier, from Mexico City to New York and Paris, crossing time zones and cultures, Naked Lunch @ 50 breaks new ground in understanding this most influential but elusive of texts. Naked Lunch @ 50 includes studies of the texts manuscript and textual history, of its origins in and creative debts to a range of specific locations, of its reception in different societies over time and in relation to broader cultural, artistic, and personal histories. Contributors discuss the novels existence as a physical object in regard to both design and collectability, the history of its critical reception, its cultural importance in relation to censorship and visionary art, its relationship to literary genresfrom science fiction to the horror filmand its significance as a work prophetic of current trends in electronic culture and biology. A series of introductory sections, or “Dossiers,” written by Ian MacFadyen, provide glimpses of further horizons of research and reading, while a set of endpapers by the artist Philip Taaffe offers a visual correlative to Burroughs extraordinary text.
Contributors: Eric Andersen Gail-Nina Anderson Théophile Aries Jed Birmingham Shaun de Waal Richard Doyle Loren Glass Oliver Harris Kurt Hemmer Allen Hibbard Rob Holton Andrew Hussey Rob Johnson Jean-Jacques Lebel Ian MacFadyen Polina Mackay Jonas Mekas Barry Miles Paul D. Miller a.k.a DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid R. B. Morris Timothy S. Murphy Jurgen Ploog Davis Schneiderman Jennie Skerl
Review:“Without Burroughs modern lit would be a drama without a page, a sonnet without a song and a bone without gristle. Burroughs alone made us pay attention to the realities of contemporary life and had the energy to explore the interior psyche without a filter. Without Burroughs there is nothing. He is the brave fool (and he was no fool) who told us what is, was, and could be. Welcome Dr. Benway.”Lou Reed Synopsis:Naked Lunch was banned, castigated, and recognized as a work of genius on its first publication in 1959, and fifty years later it has lost nothing of its power to astonish, shock, and inspire. A lacerating satire, an exorcism of demons, a grotesque cabinet of horrors, it is the Black Book of the Beat Generation, the forerunner of the psychedelic counterculture, and a progenitor of postmodernism and the digital age. A work of excoriating laughter, linguistic derangement, and transcendent beauty, it remains both influential and inimitable. This is the first book devoted in its entirety to William Burroughs' masterpiece, bringing together an international array of scholars, artists, musicians, and academics from many fields to explore the origins, writing, reception, and complex meanings of Naked Lunch. Tracking the legendary book from Texas and Mexico to New York, Tangier, and Paris, Naked Lunch@50 significantly advances our understanding and appreciation of this most elusive and uncanny of texts. Contributors: Contributors: Keith AlbarnEric AndersenGail-Nina AndersonTheophile AriesJed Birmingham Shaun de Waal Richard DoyleLoren GlassOliver HarrisKurt HemmerAllen HibbardRob HoltonAndrew HusseyRob JohnsonJean-Jacques LebelIan MacFadyenPolina MackayJonas MekasBarry MilesR. B. MorrisTimothy S. MurphyJurgen PloogDavis SchneidermanJennie SkerlDJ SpookyPhilip Taaffe What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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