Renegade Henry Miller and the Making of Tropic of Cancer

Name: Renegade Henry Miller and the Making of Tropic of Cancer
Price: 7.74 USD
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ISBN: 9780300149494

ISBN-10: 0300149492

ISBN-13: 9780300149494

Edition: 2012

Authors: Frederick Turner

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Though branded as pornography for its graphic language and explicit sexuality, Henry Miller's Tropic of Canceris far more than a work that tested American censorship laws. In this riveting book, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Tropic of Cancer's initial U.S. release, Frederick Turner investigates Miller's unconventional novel, its tumultuous publishing history, and its unique place in American letters. Written in the slums of a foreign city by a man who was an utter literary failure in his homeland, Tropic of Cancerwas published in 1934 by a pornographer in Paris, but soon banned in the United States. Not until 1961, when Grove Press triumphed over the censors, did…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 1/3/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880