Overview
- Reads Miller in connection with European modernism that greatly influenced his work
- Situates Miller within key modernist movements
- Contributes to the study of literary and the city
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Henry Miller and Modernism: The Years in Paris, 1930–1939 represents a major reevaluation of Henry Miller, focusing on the Paris texts from 1930 to 1939. Finn Jensen analyzes Miller in the light of European modernism, in particular considering the many impulses Miller received in Paris. Jensen draws on theories of urban modernity to connect Miller’s narratives of a male protagonist alone in a modern metropolis with his time in Paris where he experienced a self-discovery as a writer. The book highlights several sources of inspiration for Miller including Nietzsche, Rimbaud, Hamsun, Strindberg and the American Transcendentalists. Jensen considers the key movements of modernity and analyzes their importance for Miller, studying Eschatology, the Avant-Garde, Dada, Surrealism, Expressionism, and Anarchism.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Finn Jensen is Lecturer, Researcher, Retired, at the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen Open College, Denmark.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Henry Miller and Modernism
Book Subtitle: The Years in Paris, 1930–1939
Authors: Finn Jensen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33165-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33164-1Published: 16 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33167-2Published: 16 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33165-8Published: 04 December 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 315
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, North American Literature, History of Modern Europe, Urban History