{"product_id":"man-of-letters-roger-keen-9781999851644","title":"Man of Letters: Psychedelic Writings","description":"In his memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, Roger Keen details his past psychedelic experiences in the 1970s. As a result of its publication, he became part of the current alternative scene and wrote for magazines and websites, such as \u003ci\u003ePsychedelic Press\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Oak Tree Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInternational Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReality Sandwich\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis interest in countercultural history, avant-garde and psychedelic cinema, and the psychology of altered states manifests in this collection of essays, which touch on figures such as Thomas De Quincey, Charles Baudelaire, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, William Burroughs, Carlos Castaneda, Timothy Leary, Howard Marks and Will Self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing his media background, Keen explores many aspects of left-field cinema in depth, from early surrealism through to the French New Wave and Hollywood depictions of drug trips, to the equivalent movies of the twenty-first century, such as \u003ci\u003eEnter the Void\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMidsommar\u003c\/i\u003e. He cites a long list of notable directors in this area, including Stanley Kubrick, Ken Russell, Roger Corman, David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam, Jan Svankmajer, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Georges Méliès, Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan, Richard Linklater and Ben Wheatley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays revisit the 'Alphabet Wood' hallucination of the Plym Woods in 1975, the mushroom-inspired 'Cult of the Novel' messianic quest to turn the world on to 'reality fiction', and contain updates to the 'trippy movie' coverage, including 2022 films \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Way of Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e. In total this collection bears witness to a lifelong obsession with trippiness and weirdness in all its forms within the narrative arts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Keen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999851641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999851644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Darkness Visible Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.33d","brand":"Roger Keen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800764559615,"sku":"9781999851644","price":7.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/man-of-letters-roger-keen-9781999851644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}