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.
And all that call.Caricature Sketch by M.R.P. But you, O my brothers, remember sometimes thy little Alex that was. And to all others in this story profound shooms of lipmusic brrrrrr.
A terrible grahzny vonny world, really, O my brothers. Tomorrow is all like sweet flowers and the turning young earth and the stars and the old Luna up there and your old droog Alex all on his oddy knocky seeking like a mate. Alex like groweth up, oh yes.īut where I itty now, O my brothers, is all on my oddy knocky, where you cannot go.
But now as I end this story, brothers, I am not young, not no longer, oh no.
You have been everywhere with your little droog Alex, suffering with him, and you have viddied some of the most grahzny bratchnies old Bog ever made, all on to your old droog Alex. “That's what it's going to be then, brothers, as I come to the like end of this tale.
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