Anthony Burgess, Stanley Kubrick and A Clockwork Orange

This book explores the connections between the novel "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess and the film "A Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick, combining contemporary scholarship with archival research. It offers groundbreaking perspectives and considers the historical, textual, and philosophical relationships between the two, marking the 50th anniversary of Kubrick's film and the 60th anniversary of Burgess's novel.

Format: Hardback
Length: 328 pages
Publication date: 02 January 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive book brings together a diverse array of contemporary scholarship surrounding both the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess and the 1971 film by Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange. Serving as the first publication to explore these two works in conjunction, it offers a groundbreaking collection of perspectives that draw upon the most recent and cutting-edge archival and critical research conducted at both the Stanley Kubrick Archive, located at the University of the Arts London, and the archive of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. This landmark volume commemorates the 50th anniversary of Kubrick's film and the 60th anniversary of Burgess's novel by examining the historical, textual, and philosophical connections between the two. The chapters are authored by a diverse group of contributors, covering various topics such as the Burgess/Kubrick relationship, Burgess's recently discovered "sequel" The Clockwork Condition, the cold war context of both texts, the history of the script, the politics of authorship, and the enduring legacies of both—including their profound influence on the songwriting and personas of David Bowie.

Weight: 548g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031055980
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023