Shift Linguals: Cut-Up Narratives from William S. Burroughs to the Present

By Edward S. Robinson

Shift Linguals traces a history of the cut-up method, the experimental writing practice discovered by Brion Gysin and made famous by Beat author William S. Burroughs. From the groundbreaking works of Dada and Surrealism that paved the way for Burroughs' breakthrough, through the countercultural explosion of the 1960s, Shift Linguals

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042033037
• ISBN13: 9789042033030
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"