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... novels in linear form , evident in all our critical conventions , performs a perfect inversion of Burroughs's writing . Burroughs tells us his novels can be entered anywhere , and he invites us to cut up and fold in our own material ...
... novels in linear form , evident in all our critical conventions , performs a perfect inversion of Burroughs's writing . Burroughs tells us his novels can be entered anywhere , and he invites us to cut up and fold in our own material ...
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... novels juxtapose the conflicting male - female human or- ganisms , the double forms of the incarnate word . An absolute juxtaposition would create a miniature nova in the mind of the reader . The state of physical outrage - achieved by ...
... novels juxtapose the conflicting male - female human or- ganisms , the double forms of the incarnate word . An absolute juxtaposition would create a miniature nova in the mind of the reader . The state of physical outrage - achieved by ...
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... novels replaces and destroys all preceding phrases , arranging the novel in a new configuration . Each phrase , wholly possessing our attention , acts exclusively to occupy the whole of time in the space of the present . Burroughs's novels ...
... novels replaces and destroys all preceding phrases , arranging the novel in a new configuration . Each phrase , wholly possessing our attention , acts exclusively to occupy the whole of time in the space of the present . Burroughs's novels ...
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ONE Introduction | 3 |
the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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