Charles Bukowski, Outsider Literature, and the Beat Movement (Paperback)

This book uses cultural and psycho-social analysis to examine the beat writer Charles Bukowski and his literature, focusing on representations of the anti-hero rebel and outsider. Clements considers the complexities, ambiguities, and contradictions represented by the author and his work, exploring Bukowski's visceral writing of the cultural ordinary and everyday self-narrative. The study considers Bukowski's apolitical, gendered, and working-class stance to understand how the writer represents reality and is represented with regards to counter-cultural literature. In addition, Clements provides a broader socio-cultural focus that evaluates counterculture in relation to the American beat movement and mythology, highlighting the male cool anti-hero. The cultural practices and discourses utilized to situate Bukowski include the individual and society, outsiderdom, cult celebrity, fan embodiment, and disneyfication, providing a greater understanding of the beat generation and counterculture literature.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature
Release date:	December 2021
First published:	2013
Authors:	Paul Clements
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-224301-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	1-03-224301-5
Barcode:	9781032243016

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