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Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.I can't overlook the fact that they are both dicks. Set in Paris in the 1930s, it features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes, pimps, and artists. I could overlook Miller being a man of the 1920's just like I could overlook Rose's betting on games. One of the most scandalous and influential books of the 20th century, Tropic of Cancer redefined the novel. I won't be re-reading any Henry Miller just like I won't be rooting for Pete Rose to make the Hall of Fame. But in the end, Henry Miller is like Pete Rose, no matter how good and "modern" his writing was= he doesn't make it into the Hall of Fame because he was not only sexist, but probably a woman hater. His other writings include the Rosy Crucifixion. I can see how he influenced my writing style even to this day- some stream of consciousness and surrealistic imagery along with a heavy use of commas and semi colons to enhance paragraphs to a couple of pages with lists, asides and what not. The Colossus of Maroussi (1941), a travel book of modern Greece, is considered by some critics his best work. So how does this hold up to me 50 years later? If you could cut out the misogany and ignorant racism, Henry Miller did cut a unique figure in English literature. He was also and man of his times sexist and racist. They included authors like Nabakov, Anais Nin, Alan Ginsberg, Samuel Beckett, Marquis De Sade and others- but Henry Miller was the star of their universe to me.Īnd why not? His books were full of "sex" and the kind of writing that revolutionized English literature along with the rest of the Grove Press crew. I was big into the Grove Press books in my late teens and early twenties.
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