Screen LibraryA clockwork orange : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism /
A disturbing tale about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom, A Clockwork Orange has become a modern classic since its publication in 1962. Anthony Burgess's hero, the hedonistic and violent Alex, is our guide on a journey into a dystopian future where sociopathic youths rule the nigh...
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W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2011] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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A Norton critical edition
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A disturbing tale about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom, A Clockwork Orange has become a modern classic since its publication in 1962. Anthony Burgess's hero, the hedonistic and violent Alex, is our guide on a journey into a dystopian future where sociopathic youths rule the night and the authorities emulate their moral indifference in the pursuit of social order. This Norton Critical Edition of A Clockwork Orange is based on the first British edition and includes the final chapter once omitted from the U.S. edition. It is accompanied by Mark Rawlinson's preface, explanatory annotations, and textual notes. A glossary of the Russian-origin terms that inspired Alex's vocabulary is provided to illustrate the process by which Burgess developed the novel's distinctive style. "Backgrounds and Contexts" presents a wealth of materials chosen to enrich the reader's understanding of the historical roots of what has become an unforgettable work. Many are by Burgess himself, of including accounts of his motives for writing A Clockwork Orange; his exegesis of the novel's theological, political, and philosophical themes; and his provocative interventions in the debates over the British versus the American edition and over the cultural and social impacts of the film adaptation. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 357 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-357). |
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9780393928099 (paperback) : 0393928098 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PR6052 |
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I561.074 I561.45 |
| Call Number: | I561.45/B955-14 |
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[Pt. 1.0] The text of A clockwork orange -- Notes on the text = -- A glossary of Nadsat terms. [Pt. 2.1] Backgrounds and contexts : Anthony Burgess on A clockwork orange -- [Writing A clockwork orange] -- [Pelagian versus Augustinian] -- [Aesthetics versus ethics] -- "Review" of Stanley Kubrick's film -- [The American A clockwork orange] -- [Print versus cinema] -- On Stanley Kubrick -- Interview -- [Human perfectibility, dystopias, and violence] -- [U.K. versus U.S. editions] -- A clockwork orange resucked -- [Origins and adaptations]. [Pt. 2.2] Cultural settings -- The Teddy Boy / Paul Rock and Stanley Cohen -- [Behavior modification] / B.F. Skinner -- [Against "autonomous man"] / John R. Platt -- ["Menticide"] / Joost A.M. Meerloo -- [Brain-washing] / William Sargant -- [Art and morality] / George Steiner. [Pt. 3.2] Criticism : on Stanley Kubrick's film -- [Subcultural appropriations] / Peter Hughes Jachimmiak -- [Freedom] / Steven M. Cahn -- Review / Vincent Canby -- Review / Pauline Kael -- Horror show / Christopher Ricks -- Interview with Stanley Kubrick / Philip Strick and Penelope Houston -- A clockwork orange / Don Daniels -- [Violence] / Alexander Walker -- [Juvenile delinquency and censorship] / Philip French -- [Screen violence and the audience] / Thomas Elsaesser -- [Cinema censorship] / Tom Dewe Mathews -- [Press sensationalism and copycat violence] / Julian Petley. |