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Burroughs’ work in the context of globalization, combining critical theory with studies of language, writing technology, and cultural resistance. The volume organizes essays into theoretical reappraisals, analyses of Burroughs’s methods and instruments, and alternative frameworks for understanding realities and resistances. Supporting reference material includes a list of abbreviations clarifying citation practices across multiple editions and printings.","Retaking the Universe  \nWilliam S. Burroughs in the Age of Globalization  \nEdited by Davis Schneiderman and Philip Walsh  \nFirst published 2004 by Pluto Press  \n345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA  \n22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166–2012, USA [www.plutobooks.com](www.plutobooks.com)  \nCopyright © Davis Schneiderman and Philip Walsh 2004  \nThe right of the individual contributors to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nISBN 0 7453 2082 1 hardback ISBN 0 7453 2081 3 paperback  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nRetaking the Universe: William S. Burroughs in the Age of Globalization/ edited by Davis Schneiderman and Philip Walsh.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references.  \nISBN 0-7453-2082-1 (hbk.)—ISBN 0-7453-2081-3 (pbk.)  \n1. Burroughs, William S., 1914—Criticism and interpretation  \n2. Homosexuality and literature—United States—History—20th century.  \n3. Sexual orientation in literature. 4. Beat generation in literature.  \n5. Narcotic habit in literature. I. Schneiderman, Davis. II. Walsh, Philip, 1965–  \nPS3552 .U75Z835 2004 813 􀀁 .54—dc22  \n2003025963  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nDesigned and produced for Pluto Press by  \nChase Publishing Services, Fortescue, Sidmouth, EX10 9QG, England Typeset from disk by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd, India Printed and bound in the European Union by  \nAntony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne, England  \nContents  \nList of Abbreviations vii  \nAcknowledgments x  \nForeword xi  \n—Jennie Skerl  \nIntroduction: Millions of People Reading the Same Words—Davis Schneiderman and Philip Walsh 1  \nPart I Theoretical Depositions  \n1. Shift Coordinate Points: William S. Burroughs and  \nContemporary Theory  \n—Allen Hibbard 13  \n2. Exposing the Reality Film: William S. Burroughs  \nAmong the Situationists  \n—Timothy S. Murphy 29  \n3. Reactivating the Dialectic of Enlightenment:  \nBurroughs as Critical Theorist  \n—Philip Walsh 58  \n4. Speculating Freedom: Addiction, Control and Rescriptive  \nSubjectivity in the Work of William S. Burroughs  \n—Jason Morelyle 74  \n5. Excursus: Burroughs, Dada and Surrealism  \n—Jon Longhi 87  \nPART II Writing, Sign, Instrument: Language  \nand Technology  \n6. Burroughs’s Writing Machines  \n—Anthony Enns 95  \n7. Totally Wired: Prepare Your Affidavits of Explanation  \n—Edward Desautels 116  \n8. New World Ordure: Burroughs, Globalization and  \nthe Grotesque  \n—Dennis McDaniel 132  \nvi Contents  \n9. Nothing Hear Now but the Recordings: Burroughs’s‘Double Resonance’  \n—Davis Schneiderman  \n10. Guerilla Conditions: Burroughs, Gysin and Balch Go to the Movies  \n—Jamie Russell  \n11. Cutting up Politics  \n—Oliver Harris  \nPART III Alternatives: Realities and Resistances  \n12. The Map and the Machine  \n—John Vernon  \n13. The High Priest and the Great Beast at The Place of Dead Roads  \n—Ron Roberts  \n14. A Camera on Violence: Reality and Fiction in Blade Runner, a Movie  \n—Roberta Fornari  \n15. William S. Burroughs, Laughter and the Avant-Garde  \n—Katharine Streip  \n16. Lemurian Time War  \n—Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (Ccru)  \nContributors’ Notes  \nIndex  \n146  \n161  \n175  \n203  \n225  \n241  \n258  \n274  \n292  \n295  \nList of Abbreviations  \nThe many editions and printings of Burroughs’s large body of work present multiple challenges to any type of standardized reference system. Stories, essays, and entire novels appear in multiple publications, and in forms often distinct from their previous incarnations. This list of abbreviations should help the reader to not only identify but also locate the texts to which the contributors refer. 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