"At first glance, the works of Fedor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) do not appear to have much in common with those of the controversial American writer Henry Miller (1891-1980). However, the influencer of Dostoevsky on Miller was, in fact, enormous and shaped the latter's view of the w…
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The Making of a Counter-Culture Icon gives invaluable insight into the early careers of the Villa Seurat writers and testifies to Dostoevsky's influence on twentieth-century literature.
Examines trends in American literature since World War II which suggest for the author that certain traditional conceptions of the goal of literary workmanship -- and of the authority and value of perfected achievement -- have fairly completely disintegreated. What Berthoff find…
A penniless and as yet unpublished writer, Henry Miller arrived in Paris in 1930. Leaving behind a disintegrating marriage and an unhappy career in America, he threw himself into the low-life of Bohemian Paris with unwavering gusto.
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by Miller, Henry, Lara Zavala, Hernán, Miller, Henry
fromColección Pequeños grandes ensayos
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by Miller, Henry, Miller, Henry
fromColección Pequeños grandes ensayos
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Type: Book
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…
As an author, Henry Miller (1891-1980) was infamous for his explicit descriptions of sex, and many of his novels, from The Tropic of Cancer to Black Spring, were banned in the United States on grounds of obscenity. But his books-frequently smuggled into his native country-became…