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Charles Bukowski, Outsider Literature, and the Beat Movement book cover

1st Edition

Charles Bukowski, Outsider Literature, and the Beat Movement

By Paul Clements Copyright 2013
228 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book uses cultural and psycho-social analysis to examine the beat writer Charles Bukowski and his literature, focusing on representations of the anti-hero rebel and outsider. Clements considers the complexities, ambiguities, and contradictions represented by the author and his work, exploring Bukowski’s visceral writing of the cultural ordinary and everyday self-narrative. The study... Read more

1. introduction 2. life as art – art as life 3. the writing 4. bukowski and beat mythology 5. the outsider 6. fan identification 7. celebrity culture 8. disneyland

Biography

Paul Clements is Lecturer and Senior Tutor at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.

"Clements examines Bukowski in relationship to popular culture and popular notions of the man and his writing today and during his time. He deftly climbs many different frameworks and examines critics and authors, as well as theories and theorists, in an attempt to illuminate the dark dystopia of Bukowskiland—Bukowski, his writing, his fans, his life, etc. This volume is not for the faint of heart and is an excellent resource for serious Bukowski scholars, graduate students, and faculty examining this poet and author." - Michelle M. Martínez, Sam Houston State University in The Journal of American Culture

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