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Hubert Selby, Jr. came into prominence in 1964 with the publication of Last Exit to Brooklyn, a collection of violent, interrelated stories depicting homosexuals, thugs, drunks, whores, and others eng...
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The advent of Hubert Selby Jr. on the international literary scene in 1964 was dramatic and controversial. After charges of obscenity were filed against Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) in Great Britain, ...
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Hicks was an American literary critic whose famous study The Great Tradition: An Interpretation of American Literature since the Civil War (1933) established him as the foremost advocate of Marxist cr...
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The following is an in-depth discussion between Vorda and Selby, concerning Selby's works—particularly Last Exit to Brooklyn—as well as his style and intent.
W. J. T. Mitchell on ...
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Fremont-Smith is an American critic who has worked for the New York Times, Saturday Review, and Village Voice. In the following review, he contends that although Last Exit to Brooklyn is a powerful an...
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Schott is an American editor and critic. In the following review, he suggests that Last Exit to Brooklyn is a relevant and shocking vision of urban life that nonetheless would have benefited from an e...
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An early supporter and long-time friend of Selby's, Sorrentino is an American poet and experimental novelist highly regarded by critics for his innovative fiction that uses nontraditional struc...
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Harry Lewis on Selby's Message:
What is significant about Selby's role as a storyteller is that it comes not only from the impulse to entertain, but from a need to teach, to deliver a l...
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Below, Byrne offers a positive assessment of Song of the Silent Snow.
It should come as no surprise to his admirers that Hubert Selby, Jr., began his career as a short-story writer. Even his acknowled...
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Hubert Selby, Jr.
Critical Essay by Granville Hicks
