Conclusion
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Christopher W. Thurley
Abstract
To close the monograph, this chapter summarizes the book’s findings and stresses the significance of this research and analysis by arguing that Burgess should be included in continuing discussions of twentieth-century American authors and that he was a prominent voice during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s in American popular literary culture. Additionally, this final argument attempts to tie Burgess to the American experience and emphasize that he was very much a product of American influence and was made wealthy and popular due to American interest in his writings. Although this book closely examines some of Burgess’s commentary on American issues concerning race, politics, and culture, it is also suggested that this is just the beginning of a new archival, historical, biographical, and multi-voiced approach to analysing and assessing Burgess’s life and works. Not only is this approach important, and there is more research to be done, the topics discussed here also need more attention moving forward in Burgess studies: race, politics, America, and aesthetic philosophy.
Abstract
To close the monograph, this chapter summarizes the book’s findings and stresses the significance of this research and analysis by arguing that Burgess should be included in continuing discussions of twentieth-century American authors and that he was a prominent voice during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s in American popular literary culture. Additionally, this final argument attempts to tie Burgess to the American experience and emphasize that he was very much a product of American influence and was made wealthy and popular due to American interest in his writings. Although this book closely examines some of Burgess’s commentary on American issues concerning race, politics, and culture, it is also suggested that this is just the beginning of a new archival, historical, biographical, and multi-voiced approach to analysing and assessing Burgess’s life and works. Not only is this approach important, and there is more research to be done, the topics discussed here also need more attention moving forward in Burgess studies: race, politics, America, and aesthetic philosophy.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 On his mind (1956–66) 21
- 2 Burgess on the United States 47
- 3 M/F (1971) 94
- 4 The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby’s End (1974) and New York (1976) 158
- 5 Earthly Powers (1980) 240
- 6 The End of the World News (1982) 266
- 7 Enderby’s Dark Lady, or No End to Enderby (1984) 284
- 8 After America 337
- Conclusion 345
- Index 356
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 On his mind (1956–66) 21
- 2 Burgess on the United States 47
- 3 M/F (1971) 94
- 4 The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby’s End (1974) and New York (1976) 158
- 5 Earthly Powers (1980) 240
- 6 The End of the World News (1982) 266
- 7 Enderby’s Dark Lady, or No End to Enderby (1984) 284
- 8 After America 337
- Conclusion 345
- Index 356
