Names of Bukowski critics

[sewershakespeare]

I'm currently writing my dissertation on Bukowski and one thing my supervisor keeps pushing for is names of critics, for example the critics who called Buk 'America's sewer Shakespeare' or the laureate of America's low-life. I found much of the criticism in books like Debritto's and Sounes' but I have greatly struggled with the actual names of who said it.

I'm hoping someone can help me with this please?

 

[Rekrab]

"laureate of America's low-life" and variations of the same has been said so many times, it may be impossible to track down where it was first written. "America's sewer Shakespeare" is more unique and the source may be identifiable. I've never heard that one before, and it strikes me as not that good. It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

 

[sewershakespeare]

Thank you for this. After researching further, it has been credited to Morris Edelson though I'm struggling to find exactly when or where he said it. Debritto used it and he got through peer review so I'd like to think he hasn't made it up!

I'm being pushed to name precise critics which is difficult, most scholars who write about criticisms of Buk just say 'critics' and don't name exact ones. If anyone knows of any, that would be amazing please.

 

[cirerita]

"Amerirca's sewer Shakespeare" in
A30. A Bukowski Sampler
Douglas Blazek, ed. | Quixote Press: Madison, WI | July 15, 1969
3rd edition, 1983, Quixote Press (Houston, TX): Same as 2nd edition, including a new introductory piece by Morris Edelson.

"The laureate of lowlife" in
F448. Time 127.24, June 16, 1986
Celebrities Who Travel Well, Pico Iyer.

"Time magazine had called Bukowski “the laureate of lowlife,” disclosing he was a bestseller in Europe and hardly known in the U. S." in

57 Snapshots in Time: A Charles Bukowski Primer

Thirty years after Charles Bukowski’s passing, his spirit still looms large. To commemorate the author's birthday, Rain Taxi offers a thumbnail retrospective primer on the entirety of Bukowski’s prolific literary output. By Abel Debritto

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