William S. Burroughs
- Literature and Literary Theory top 2%
- Sociology and Political Science
- Philosophy top 5%
- Cultural Studies top 5%
- Clinical Psychology
- Co-authors
- Allen GinsbergSteven E. OlsonOliver J. T. HarrisAnn DouglasMichael LeddyJack KerouacJohn CalderRonald Curran
- Topics
- Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis (12 papers)Poetry Analysis and Criticism (12 papers)American and British Literature Analysis (4 papers)
- Journals
- World Literature TodayThe Antioch ReviewChicago Review
In The Last Decade
William S. Burroughs
43 papers receiving 192 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 72
- Literature and Literary Theory 146
- Sociology and Political Science 48
- Philosophy 41
- Cultural Studies 39
- Clinical Psychology 35
Countries citing papers authored by William S. Burroughs
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Fields of papers citing papers by William S. Burroughs
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William S. Burroughs
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William S. Burroughs. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William S. Burroughs based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William S. Burroughs. William S. Burroughs is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Soft Machine: The Restored Text | 4 |
| 2 | The Yage letters : redux | 5 |
| 3 | And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks | 6 |
| 4 | 5 | |
| 5 | Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs | 4 |
| 6 | Conversations with William S. Burroughs | 3 |
| 7 | Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader | 14 |
| 8 | Mi educación: un libro de sueños | 0 |
| 9 | Ghost of Chance | 3 |
| 10 | The Burroughs File | 2 |
| 11 | Cities of the Red Night | 22 |
| 12 | With William Burroughs: A Report from the Bunker | 5 |
| 13 | Ali's Smile: Naked Scientology | 2 |
| 14 | The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead | 4 |
| 15 | The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script | 2 |
| 16 | The job : interview with William Burroughs | 5 |
| 17 | La machine molle | 0 |
| 18 | Le festin nu | 1 |
| 19 | The Soft Machine | 18 |
| 20 | The Naked Lunch | 21 |
About William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, History and Visual Arts and Performing Arts, having authored 48 papers that have together received 322 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis (12 papers), Poetry Analysis and Criticism (12 papers) and American and British Literature Analysis (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Literature and Literary Theory (146 citations), Music (24 citations) and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (30 citations). Frequent co-authors include Allen Ginsberg, Steven E. Olson, Oliver J. T. Harris, Ann Douglas, Michael Leddy, Jack Kerouac, John Calder, Ronald Curran, Sylvère Lotringer and Mary Catherine Beach. Their work appears in journals such as World Literature Today, The Antioch Review and Chicago Review.
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