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The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959(English)

The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959(English)

          
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"These funny, filthy, and terrifically smart letters reveal him in a way that no biographer can." -- New York Newsday   Guru of the Beat generation, éminence grise of the international avant-garde, dark prophet, and blackest of satirists, William S. Burroughs has had a range of influence rivaled by few living writers. This volume of his correspondence from 1945 to 1959 vividly documents the personal and cultural history through which Burroughs developed, revealing clues to illuminate his life and keys to open up his texts. More than that, it shows how letter-writing was itself integral to his life and to his fiction.   Beginning as surprisingly formal notes from the road to his friends Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, the letters deepen in substance and style. Then, in Tangier, comes a dramatic shift in voice and vision and the explosive, distinctive letters that will become Naked Lunch. Letters were lifelines for Burroughs, the outcast; and works-in-progress for Burroughs, the writer; and, they track his turbulent journey across two decades and three continents. To read them as they were written is to experience a unique merging of life and letters, the extraordinary story of Williams S. Burroughs homme de lettres.   "Unrelenting impact." -- Los Angeles Reader

Table of Contents:
The Letters of William S. BurroughsIntroduction by Oliver Harris 1945 July 24—Allen Ginsberg 1946 September 1—Allen Ginsberg October 10—Allen Ginsberg 1947 February 19—Allen Ginsberg March 11—Allen Ginsberg August 8—Allen Ginsberg 1948 February 20—Allen Ginsberg June 5—Allen Ginsberg And Jack Kerouac October 14— Allen Ginsberg November 9—Allen Ginsberg November 30—Allen Ginsberg November 30—Jack Kerouac December 2—Allen Ginsberg 1949 January 10—Allen Ginsberg January 16—Allen Ginsberg January 30—Allen Ginsberg February 7—Allen Ginsberg March 15—Jack Kerouac March 18—Allen Ginsberg April 16—Allen Ginsberg May 27—Jack Kerouac June 24—Jack Kerouac September 26—Jack Kerouac October 13—Allen Ginsberg November 2—Jack Kerouac December 24—Allen Ginsberg 1950 January 1—Jack Kerouac January 22—Jack Kerouac March 10—Jack Kerouac May 1—Allen Ginsberg September 18—Jack Kerouac 1951 January 1—Allen Ginsberg January 11—Allen Ginsberg January 28—Jack Kerouac March 5—Lucien Carr April 24—Jack Kerouac May 5—Allen Ginsberg May—Allen Ginsberg May—Jack Kerouac June 20—Jack Kerouac November 5—Allen Ginsberg December 20—Allen Ginsberg 1952 January 19—Allen Ginsberg March 5—Allen Ginsberg March 20—Allen Ginsberg March 26—Jack Kerouac April 3—Jack Kerouac April 5—Allen Ginsberg April—Jack Kerouac April 14—Allen Ginsberg April 22—Allen Ginsberg April 26—Allen Ginsberg May 15—Allen Ginsberg May 23—Allen Ginsberg June 4—Allen Ginsberg June 23—Allen Ginsberg Early July—Allen Ginsberg July 13—Allen Ginsberg September 18—Allen Ginsberg October 6 & 14—Allen Ginsberg November 5—Allen Ginsberg December 15—Allen Ginsberg December 23—Allen Ginsberg December 24—Allen Ginsberg 1953 January 10—Allen Ginsberg March 1 & 3—Allen Ginsberg March 5—Allen Ginsberg April 12—Allen Ginsberg April 22—Allen Ginsberg May 5—Allen Ginsberg May 12—Allen Ginsberg May 23 & 24—Allen Ginsberg May 30—Allen Ginsberg June 5—Allen Ginsberg June 6—Allen Ginsberg June 18—Allen Ginsberg Early July—Allen Ginsberg July 8—Allen Ginsberg July 10—Allen Ginsberg August 3—Allen Ginsberg August 17—Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac December 14—Jack Kerouac December 24—Allen Ginsberg 1954 January 2—Allen Ginsberg January 26—Allen Ginsberg February 9—Allen Ginsberg March 1—Allen Ginsberg March 12—Neal Cassady April 7—Allen Ginsberg April 22—Jack Kerouac May 2—Neal Cassady May 4—Jack Kerouac May 11—Allen Ginsberg May 24—Jack Kerouac June 16—Allen Ginsberg June 24—Allen Ginsberg July 3 & 4—Allen Ginsberg July 15, 16, & 22—Allen Ginsberg August 18—Jack Kerouac August 26—Allen Ginsberg September 3—Jack Kerouac Early October—Allen Ginsberg October 13—Allen Ginsberg November 12 & 13—Allen Ginsberg December 7—Jack Kerouac December 13—Allen Ginsberg December 30—Allen Ginsberg 1955 January 6—Allen Ginsberg January 9—Allen Ginsberg January 12—Allen Ginsberg January 21—Allen Ginsberg February 7—Allen Ginsberg February 12—Jack Kerouac February 19—Allen Ginsberg April 20—Allen Ginsberg June 9—Jack Kerouac July 5—Allen Ginsberg August 10—Allen Ginsberg September 21—Allen Ginsberg October 6 & 7—Allen Ginsberg October 10 & 11—Allen Ginsberg October 21—Allen Ginsberg October 23—Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac November 1—Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg November 2—Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg 1956 February 17—Allen Ginsberg February 26 & 27—Allen Ginsberg March 14—Allen Ginsberg April 16—Allen Ginsberg May 8—Allen Ginsberg May 15—Allen Ginsberg June 18—Allen Ginsberg July 26—Bill Gilmore September 16—Allen Ginsberg October 13—Allen Ginsberg October 29—Allen Ginsberg December 20—Allen Ginsberg 1957 January 23—Allen Ginsberg January 28—Allen Ginsberg January 31/February 1—Allen Ginsberg February 14—Allen Ginsberg March 25—Bill Gilmore June 15—Allen Ginsberg July 18—Alan Ansen July 30—Alan Ansen August 20—Allen Ginsberg August 28—Allen Ginsberg September 20—Allen Ginsberg October 8—Allen Ginsberg October 19—Allen Ginsberg October 28—Allen Ginsberg November 10—Allen Ginsberg November 26—Allen Ginsberg December 4—Jack Kerouac December 8—Allen Ginsberg 1958 January 9—Allen Ginsberg February 16—Allen Ginsberg April 18—Lawrence Ferlinghetti July 20—Paul Bowles July—Allen Ginsberg July 24—Allen Ginsberg August 25—Allen Ginsberg September 28—Allen Ginsberg October 10—Allen Ginsberg October 19—Paul Bowles 1959 January 2—Allen Ginsberg January 17—Brion Gysin January 17—Paul Bowles February 20—Paul Bowles April 2—Allen Ginsberg April 21—Allen Ginsberg May 18—Allen Ginsberg June 8—Allen Ginsberg Late July—Allen Ginsberg August 24—Allen Ginsberg September 5—Allen Ginsberg September 11—Allen Ginsberg September 25—Allen Ginsberg October 7—Allen Ginsberg October 27—Allen Ginsberg October 29—Allen Ginsberg Notes Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780140094527
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
  • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 562 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0140094520
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 1994
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 213 mm
  • No of Pages: 512
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Volume I: 1945-1959
  • Width: 140 mm


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