Charles Bukowski, Outsider Literature, and the Beat Movement

di Paul Clements (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021

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 considers Bukowski’s apolitical, gendered, and working-class stance to understand how the writer represents reality and is represented with regards to counter-cultural literature. In addition, Clements provides a broader socio-cultural focus that evaluates counterculture in relation to the American beat movement and mythology, highlighting the male cool anti-hero. The cultural practices and discourses utilized to situate Bukowski include the individual and society, outsiderdom, cult celebrity, fan embodiment, and disneyfication, providing a greater understanding of the beat generation and counterculture literature.

• Autore: Paul Clements
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 228 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 331 gr.
• EAN: 9781032243016

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