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001 2011019531
003 DLC
005 20150128080145.0
008 110519s2011 ctu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011019531
020 $a9780300149494 (hardback)
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050 00 $aPS3525.I5454$bZ8557 2011
082 00 $a813/.52$222
084 $aLIT007000$aLIT004020$aHIS036060$2bisacsh
100 1 $aTurner, Frederick W.,$d1937-
245 10 $aRenegade :$bHenry Miller and the making of Tropic of Cancer /$cFrederick Turner.
260 $aNew Haven [Conn.] :$bYale University Press,$cc2011.
300 $axi, 244 p. ;$c22 cm.
490 0 $aIcons of America
520 $a"Though branded as pornography for its graphic language and explicit sexuality, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer is far more than a work that tested American censorship laws. In this riveting book, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Tropic of Cancer's initial U.S. release, Frederick Turner investigates Miller's unconventional novel, its tumultuous publishing history, and its unique place in American letters. Written in the slums of a foreign city by a man who was an utter literary failure in his homeland, Tropic of Cancer was published in 1934 by a pornographer in Paris, but soon banned in the United States. Not until 1961, when Grove Press triumphed over the censors, did Miller's book appear in American bookstores. Turner argues that Tropic of Cancer is "lawless, violent, colorful, misogynistic, anarchical, bigoted, and shaped by the same forces that shaped the nation." Further, the novel draws on more than two centuries of New World history, folklore, and popular culture in ways never attempted before. How Henry Miller, outcast and renegade, came to understand what literary dynamite he had within him, how he learned to sound his "war whoop" over the roofs of the world, is the subject of Turner's revelatory study. "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"How Henry Miller, renegade and failed writer, came to understand what literary dynamite he had in him and, drawing on two centuries of New World history, folklore, and popular culture, sent his "war whoop" out over the roofs of the world"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aMiller, Henry,$d1891-1980.$zCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aMiller, Henry,$d1891-1980.$tTropic of cancer.
650 0 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAuthors and publishers$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPublishers and publishing$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCensorship$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$2bisacsh