Renegade: Henry Miller and the Making of "Tropic of Cancer" (Icons of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (962 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300192517 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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A good book if the reader is only familiar with Tropic D. West A good book if the reader is only familiar with Tropic of Cancer, although more fervent fans could be disappointed since it doesn't offer anything they don't already know by having explored the entire body of his work or that of Anais Nin, whom played a pivotal role in his career. The best insight perhaps is stated by the appearance of his wife June. She became the muse whom provided the raw energy and emotion he needed to develop his art to the ground breaking level which
How Henry Miller, outcast and renegade, came to understand what literary dynamite he had within him, how he learned to sound his “war whoop” over the roofs of the world, is the subject of Turner’s revelatory study.. Turner argues that Tropic of Cancer is “lawless, violent, colorful, misogynistic, anarchical, bigoted, and shaped by the same forces that shaped the nation.” Further, the novel draws on more than two centuries of New World history, folklore, and popular culture in ways never attempted before. Not until 1961, when Grove Press triumphed over the censors, did Miller’s book appear in American bookstores. release, Frederick Turner investigates Miller’s unconventional novel, its tumultu
“An entertaining and skillful evocation of the time when Miller’s memoir of bottom-feeding American expats in Paris was known as the dirtiest book in the world.”—Lee Sandlin, Wall Street Journal