William S. Burroughs

American writer; the cut-up method, tape-recorder experiments, and language as a control system.

American writer; the cut-up method, tape-recorder experiments, and theories of language as a control system.

Works in the Library

William S. Burroughs ESSAY 1970
The Electronic Revolution
Burroughs's pamphlet on language as a virus and tape/electronic techniques of control and resistance.
LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY SOUND
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William S. Burroughs ESSAY 1966
The Invisible Generation
Burroughs on tape recorders, cut-ups, and jamming the reality studio of mass media.
LANGUAGE SOUND PERCEPTION
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