Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground [electronic resource] : From Obscurity to Literary Icon /
Debritto, A.author.
This critical study of the literary magazines, underground newspapers, and small press publications that had an impact on Charles Bukowski's early career, draws on archives, privately held unpublished Bukowski work, and interviews to shed new light on the ways in which Bukowski became an icon in the alternative literary scene in the 1960s.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- "Who's big in the littles" -- The insider within -- A towering giant with small feet -- Stealing the limelight (1969) -- Curtain calls.
This critical study of the literary magazines, underground newspapers, and small press publications that had an impact on Charles Bukowski's early career, draws on archives, privately held unpublished Bukowski work, and interviews to shed new light on the ways in which Bukowski became an icon in the alternative literary scene in the 1960s.
Bukowski, Charles
Literature—Philosophy.
Poetry.
America—Literatures.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Fiction.
Literary Theory.
Poetry and Poetics.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Fiction.