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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Main Author: George Hart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/9/4/130