![]() Īnd the great book that he decried (his own), which became the great film that he decried (Kubrick’s), was something that he dedicated much time and effort to denigrating in his later years. But I also think that he was too old-fashioned, moralistic, and traditionally intellectual to notice the real virtues of his work in A Clockwork Orange. ![]() Far from it, I think he was a clever writer, a subtle reader of classic literature, and a capable composer. And on the strength of luck (as well as a savvy editor, and later a savvy director), his accidental stroke of genius will be remembered in perpetuity.ĭo not mistake this as outright disparagement of Burgess’ abilities as an artist. Anthony Burgess wrote one of the greatest works of philosophical farce of the twentieth century-in many ways as strong in that genre as is Voltaire’s Candide-and then lived out the remaining 30 years of his life without really realizing he had done so. ![]() I really think that there is no better demonstration of the valuable insight and truth behind the concept we know as ‘ the death of the author‘ than A Clockwork Orange. ![]()
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