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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....
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Burroughs, William S. (1914-1997) Summary
1,009 words, approx. 3 pages During 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
This article is about the late 20th century American novelist. For the inventor, his grandfather, see William Seward Burroughs I . For his son, see William S. Burroughs, Jr. William S. Burroughs Burroughs1983 cropped.jpg}} | William S. Burroughs at his...
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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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