Anthony Burgess and America is a biographical and critical analysis of Burgess's commentary on and relationship with the United States of America.
Utilising Burgess's entire canon and newly discovered materials to assess Burgess's views on America, this book also evaluates the American inspirations in five Burgess novels. This essential addition to Burgess scholarship tells the story of a nearly unexplored area of Burgess's life. For the first time ever, Burgess's American experiences, work, and documented communication, lectures, interviews and public utterances are brought together to assess where these commentaries overlapped with his fiction.
The result is a complex personal and public history about one of Britain's greatest twentieth century authors and their immersion into and interaction with American culture in the second half of the twentieth century.
By:
Christopher W Thurley
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 704g
ISBN: 9781526174147
ISBN 10: 1526174146
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 01 April 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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ELT Advanced
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 On His Mind (1959–66) 2 Burgess on the United States 3 M/F (1971) 4 The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby’s End (1974) and New York (1976) 5 Earthly Powers (1980) 6 The End of the World News (1982) 7 Enderby’s Dark Lady, or No End to Enderby (1984) 8 After America Conclusion Index -- .
Christopher W. Thurley, Ph.D. is an English Instructor at Gaston College.
