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William S. Burroughs | | Variant Name: |
William Seward Burroughs, William Lee, Willy Lee | | Birth Date: |
February 5, 1914 | | Death Date: |
August 2, 1997 | | Place of Birth: |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States | | Place of Death: |
Lawrence, Kansas, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of William S(eward) Burroughs
14,794 words, approx. 49 pages
 Since the publication of Naked Lunch in 1959, William S. Burroughs has been well known as a legendary figure of the Beat Generation and as an important writer of experimental fiction. As a Beat writer, Burroughs was part of a seminal, postwar literary... summary from source:
Biography of William S(eward) Burroughs
11,474 words, approx. 38 pages
Fifty years after Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs first met in Manhattan, New York University sponsored a conference celebrating the legacy of the Beat Generation. Burroughs, whose picture appeared prominently in several places... summary from source:
 Biography of William S. Burroughs
7,736 words, approx. 26 pages
An innovative and controversial author of experimental fiction, William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) is best known for Naked Lunch (1959), a bizarre account of his fourteen-year drug addiction and a surrealistic indictment of middle-class American mores....
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 William S. Burroughs Quotes
2,526 words, approx. 8 pages
 William Seward Burroughs ( 1914-02-05 – 1997-08-02 ), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Burroughs, William S. (1914-1997) Summary
1,009 words, approx. 3 pagesDuring the 1950s, William S. Burroughs blazed many trails to and from the elucidation of human suffering, and his obsession with the means to this end became an enduring facet of popular culture. He exuded the heavy aura of a misogynistic, homosexual,... summary from source:
 William S. Burroughs Summary
56,565 words, approx. 189 pagesWilliam S. Burroughs (1914–1997) (Full name William Seward Burroughs. Also wrote under the pseudonym William Lee) American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs was one of the founding... summary from source:
 William S. Burroughs Information
10,008 words, approx. 33 pages
William Seward Burroughs II (February 5 1914(1914-02-05) — August 2 1997; pronounced /ˈbʌroʊz/), more commonly known as William Burroughs or as William S. Burroughs from the late 1980s was an American novelist, philosopher, essayist, social critic,...
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 Artforum William S. Burroughs
04/01/2008: 642 words, approx. 2 pages William S. Burroughs STELLAN HOLM GALLERY "Cut word lines-Cut music lines-Smash the control images-Smash the control machine-Burn the books-Kill the priests-Kill! Kill! Kill! " The abundance of such quotable quotes in the oeuvre of William S. Burroughs-this example is from his 1961... summary from source:
The Economist (US) Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945-1959.
09/18/1993: 385 words, approx. 1 pages ONE of the surprises of this book is that William Burroughs writes a chatty letter. "Palm Beach", he notes, "is a real horror. No slums, no dirt, no poverty. God, what a fate to live there. No wonder men die young in the... summary from source:
 The New York Observer The Day in Gossip: Sheryl Crow Kecks Over Lashley; Trump Junior Sues!
11/15/2007: 312 words, approx. 1 pages Sheryl Crow, eyes rolling, apparently scoffed at mention of ex-beaux Lance Armstrong’s Ashley-Olsen antics; Tory Burch, on the other hand, doesn’t care. [Page Six] Ethiopian woman claims to be the mother of Zahara Jolie-Pitt, and she wants to “be with her.” [Rush & Malloy:... summary from source:
The New York Observer JT Leroy and his Literary Sex Slaves
10/10/2005: 283 words, approx. 1 pagesThe Transom was, of course, entranced by today's JT Leroy semi-expose in New York magazine, even though Serena Torrey, the icy blonde vixen PR woman at New York magazine wouldn't send over advance on it last Friday, or even arrange to have the author comment...
Literary Criticism
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 William S. Burroughs
11,958 words, approx. 40 pages
[In the following essay, Eburne examines the influence of the Cold War-era ideological construct of "otherness" in Naked Lunch and in Jack Kerouac's The Subterraneans, comparing its effect on the subjectivity of each novel.]
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Critical Essay by Edward J. Ahearn
9,833 words, approx. 33 pages
In the following essay, Ahearn places Burroughs in the tradition of apocalyptic writing that includes William Blake and Lautréamont.
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Critical Essay by Robin Lydenberg
9,823 words, approx. 33 pages
In the following essay, Lydenberg analyzes Burroughs's literary voice as it is expressed on his experimental tape recordings.
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