Henry Miller

by Calonne, David Stephen

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Title Statements

Full title :Henry Miller / David Stephen Calonne.

Summary

This new critical biography takes an innovative look at the life and work of the notorious American author (1891-1980). It examines Miller's intense immersion in esoteric and theosophical interests, charting the cultivation of these ideas from his boyhood and adolescence to late in his career and evaluating the way in which his writings and lifestyle were influenced by his spiritual quests. Calonne discusses Miller's involvement in the arts, his love of painting and music, and his friendships with a number of classical musicians. Miller is revealed as a quirky, charismatic man of genius who continues to influence popular culture today, as, for example, in the work of award-winning graphic novelist Alison Bechdel. Highlighting many areas of Miller's life that have hitherto been neglected, Calonne's book takes a fascinating revisionary approach to the life and work of one of America's most controversial and iconic writers.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Reaktion books
Place of Publication:London, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:224 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781780233444, 1780233442
oclc:ocn870663877
LC Classification:PS3525.I5454
Dewey Decimal:B

Paradise in the 14th Ward, 1891-1908 -- Go west, young man, 1909-19 -- Cosmodemonia, Mona, the Daimon of writing, 1920-29 -- Finding his genius : Paris, 1930-39 -- The exile returns : air-conditioned nightmare and Big Sur dream, 1940-51 -- Magus on the mountain, tropics triumphant, 1952-62 -- Fame and insomnia in Pacific Palisades, 1963-71 -- On the way to Devachan, 1972-80.

Subjects

Authors, American Authors, American -- Biography. -- 20th… Biographies Biography Criticism Critique Écrivains américains -- Biographies. --… literary criticism Miller, Henry