A terrifying tale about good and evil and the meaning of human
freedom, A Clockwork Orange became an instant classic when it was
published in 1962 and has remained so ever since. Anthony Burgess
takes us on a journey to a nightmarish future where sociopathic
criminals rule the night. Brilliantly told in harsh invented slang
by the novel's main character and merciless droog, fifteen-year-old
Alex, this influential novel is now available in a student edition.
The Norton Critical Edition of A Clockwork Orange is based on the
first British edition and includes Burgess's original final
chapter. It is accompanied by Mark Rawlinson's preface, explanatory
annotations, and textual notes. A glossary of the Russian-origin
terms that inspired Alex's dialect is provided to illustrate the
process by which Burgess arrived at the distinctive style of this
novel. "Backgrounds and Contexts" presents a wealth of materials
chosen by the editor to enrich the reader's understanding of this
unforgettable work, many of them by Burgess himself. Burgess's
views on writing A Clockwork Orange, its philosophical issues, and
the debates over the British edition versus the American edition
and the novel versus the film adaptation are all included. Related
writings that speak to some of the novel's central issues-youthful
style, behavior modification, and art versus morality-are provided
by Paul Rock and Stanley Cohen, B. F. Skinner, John R. Platt, Joost
A. M. Meerloo, William Sargent, and George Steiner. "Criticism" is
divided into two sections, one addressing the novel and the other
Stanley Kubrick's film version. Five major reviews of the novel are
reprinted along with a wide range of scholarly commentary,
including, among others, David Lodge on the American reader; Julie
Carson on linguistic invention; Zinovy Zinik on Burgess and the
Russian language; Geoffrey Sharpless on education, masculinity, and
violence; Shirley Chew on circularity; Patrick Parrinder on
dystopias; Robbie B. H. Goh on language and social control; and
Steven M. Cahn on freedom. A thorough analysis of the film
adaptation of A Clockwork Orange is provided in reviews by Vincent
Canby, Pauline Kael, and Christopher Ricks; in Philip Strick and
Penelope Houston's interview with Stanley Kubrick; and in
interpretive essays by Don Daniels, Alexander Walker, Philip
French, Thomas Elsaesser, Tom Dewe Mathews, and Julian Petley. A
Selected Bibliography is also included.
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