1. Preface. This essay will examine how Bukowski mirrored his experiences, his socialisation and his professional life in his texts considering as example two of his poems (Commerce and The Great Escape) and other sources. The main part of this work will be a formal, stylistic and textual analysis of the mentioned poems. Also, this essay will try to touch on his intentions when writing this poesy. A possible problem is the poet's objection to an …
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…had to fight in order to earn a living and he wanted to call attention to their situation. Though, he did not actually fight for their rights as a workers' advocat but just recounted his own life. As assumed in the preface, it was most complicated to find decent books dealing with Charles Bukowki. Perhaps the bookshops on the internet are a real remedy but on the other hand, importing American books ist rather expensive.