Not only was Burroughs one of the three progenitors of the Beat movement ... but he may also be regarded as one of 20th-century America's great satirists, fiercely sinister and corrosive. |
Of the tens of thousands of pages, only literally a handful have ever been seen, and only a very few quoted from. |
The archive is particularly interesting because Burroughs clearly intended it, primarily through its organization and the art/word illustrations on its folders, to be read and absorbed as a work of art in itself. |
This archive has really achieved legendary status among people who follow the Beat writers. |