The Dark Ecology of <i>Naked Lunch</i>
In this article, I argue that William S. Burroughs’ novel <i>Naked Lunch</i> engages in a “perverse aesthetics” that is analogous to Timothy Morton’s theory of dark ecology. The novel’s main themes of consumption and control are directly related to the Anthropocene’s twin disasters of gl...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-10-01
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Series: | Humanities |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/9/4/130 |