Abstract
This chapter is a consideration of the ways in which A Clockwork Orange, both Anthony Burgess’ original novella (1962) and Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation (1971), have been reproduced within youth culture since 1969. Indeed, the chapter suggests that A Clockwork Orange is no longer a prophecy of society’s decline but now a text that encourages cohesion at a time of social fragmentation. Thus, the chapter insists, A Clockwork Orange as a modernist dystopian text, serves to provide inspirational cohesion to globally dis/connected youth in a late modernist world.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Anthony Burgess and Modernity |
Pages | 147-164 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2008 |
Keywords
- anthony burgess
- youth culture
- late modernity