Index
Abstract art, 29 254, 260 Abstract writing, 29, 31, 43, 81, 83, Authorship, 2, 30, 43, 47, 62, 65, 109, 84, 160 121, 143, 144, 158, 59, 197, Abstraction, 82, 158 201, 207, 209, 221, 223 Acker, Kathy, 3, 4, 18, 131, 149, 151- Author Function, 7, 27, 56, 57, 206, 197, 199, 207, 209, 210n, 211, 223 218, 219, 222, 225, 230, 232, Authority, 43, 48, 86, 128, 142, 152, 238, 241, 242-243, 250, 251, 167, 243, 250 253, 261 Automatic Writing, 6, 25, 77 and antagonism, 152, 164 Avant-bard, 205-206 biographical details, 151-153, Avant-garde, 4-5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12-13, 160, 162 17-18, 22-23, 26, 38, 42, 47, 65, and censorship, 167, 188 67, 68, 70, 83, 152, 153, 156, critical reception, 164-165 163, 165, 182, 202-205, 213- and identity, 153n, 163-164 214, 216, 223, 226, 237, 249, influences, 151, 153, 155-156, 251, 252-253, 260, 265 181-182 Ballard, J.G., 70 and plagiarism, 153-154, 157- Balch, Anthony, 58, 63-65, 99, 125, 160, 163, 170, 180-181, 191, 161 193, 196 Barthes, Roland, 11, 15, 38, 40, 100- and tattoos, 190 101, 243, 263 Ah Pook is Here (Burroughs), 116, Beach, Mary, 70, 74, 75, 76, 106 121, 125-126, 127, 130, 145 Beach Books, Text and Documents, Allen, Richard, 200, 205, 218-220, 70, 73, 75 223-224, 226 Beat Generation, 1, 2, 22, 27, 71, 76, Anti-Oedipus, 168-169 88, 91, 159, 204 Antin, David, 163 Beckett, Samuel, 4, 208, 240 Anti-novel, 208, 228, 229, 238, 243 Beiles, Sinclair, 27-28, 47, 70, 234 Appropriation, 13-14, 95, 108, 156, Belle de Jour, 201, 246 160, 162, 163, 165, 175, 183, Bergson, Henri, 219 184, 189, 195, 198, 205, 210, Bible, the, 26, 27, 40 213-214, 216, 219-220, 226, Bible code, 41 227, 233, 238-240, 246, 261 Bill and Tony (film), 63-65, 99, 125, Artaud, Antonin, 160, 184-185, 260 144, 161 Art Strike, 205, 207, 211, 245 Black, Jack, 133n Ashbery, John, 94 Black Mountain poets, 153 Audio, 9, 10, 30, 31, 32, 59, 63-64, Black Tarantula, 152, 153n, 154, 160, 100, 117, 199, 205-6, 233-235, 161, 163, 170, 238, 243 282 Shift Linguals
Blade Runner (Burroughs), 131 Breton, André, 6, 72n Blissett, Luther, 201 Byatt, AS, 16 Blood and Guts in High School Byrne, David, 90n (Acker), 151, 153, 154, 164-183, 187, 211, 241, 243 Cabaret Voltaire (band), 90n Blood Rites of the Bourgeoisie Cage, John, 9-11, 14, 22, 64 (Home), 200, 201n, 245, 246 Campbell, James, 2, 90n, Bloom, Harold, 16, 168, 211, 224, Cantsin, Monty, 201 233 Capitalism, 68, 69, 170, 171, 205, Blow Job (Home), 200n, 211, 214n, 207, 229, 230, 232, 245, 217, 220, 221, 226n 253, 255 Book of Breeething (Burroughs), Carter, Angela, 3, 16, 187n Bowles, Paul, 166n, 180 Cervantes, Miguel, 160, 196 Break Through in Grey Room, 41n, Cézanne, Paul, 12, 263 138n Chaotic Dischord (band), 200n Bricolage, 13, 214, 221, 222 Character, 8, 25, 35, 37, 44, 55, 56, Bukowski, Charles, 70, 105 65, 77, 78, 80, 81-84, 85, 87-89, Bürger, Peter, 12, 42, 211-212, 213, 107, 110, 119, 128, 131, 133n, 216 136, 141, 143-144, 145, 153n, Burroughs, William S., ix, 159, 161, 162, 165, 166, 169, 1-10,16-19, 21-22, 31-32, 33- 170, 171, 173, 181, 184, 185, 65, 71-72, 78-79, 90-91, 121- 186, 192, 193, 194, 195, 215, 149, 254, 233-234, 238-240, 224, 228-231, 233, 239, 242, 254 and throughout 243, 260 abandonment of cut-ups, 122, Charters, Ann, 90n 124,132, 145, 149 Cities of the Red Night (Burroughs), and authorship, 30, 38, 262-236 122, 129, 130-147, 175, 190- (auto)biography, 195 191 and censorship, 37n Cliché, 26, 128, 137, 193, 214-219, and collaboration, 1, 27, 28-30, 244 38, 43, 49, 58, 63, 72n, 73, 78n, Cobain, Kurt, 78n 85, 91, 105, 106-107, 125-126, Corso, Gregory, 2, 27, 28 critical response to, 2-3, 4-5, 6, Cold War, 61 16-17, 33, 34, 37, 42, 45-46, Collage, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 24, 26, 29, 38, 122-123, 130 57, 59, 63, 73n, 75, 80, 96, 113, and dreams, 131-132 114-116, 117, 125, 151, 158, on evolution, 36, 40n, 79, 164, 165, 169, 173, 174, 178, films of, 63-65, 99, 125, 144, 161 190, 210, 211, 223, 238, 241, influence of, 2-3, 13, 65, 94, 152, 243, 244, 255, 257, 259 155-156, 182 Come Before Christ and Murder Love phases of career, 33-34, 121-122 (Home), 201, 221, 226-232, 236, and politics, 5, 52, 61, 72, 128- 241 129, 141, 156, 178 Concrete Poetry, 83, 160 revolutionary intent, 8, 29, 36-37, Control, 27, 29, 32, 36, 38, 40, 43, 44, 43, 67, 71, 135, 251, 264 45, 47-50, 61, 69, 71, 77, 79, theories of, 27, 38-41, 44, 45, 48- 85-86, 87-88, 101, 105, 108, 49, 51, 79, 101, 134, 147-148 111, 113, 116, 118, 126, 128, Butler, Samuel, 140 129n, 134, 135, 138, 152, 155,