Charles Bukowski, Outsider Literature, and the Beat Movement Paperback / softback
by Paul Clements
Part of the Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature series
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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 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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:228 pages, 1 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/12/2021
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- ISBN:9781032243016
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:228 pages, 1 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/12/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032243016