Henry Miller and Modernism : The Years in Paris, 1930–1939

__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. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii The Voice (Finn Jensen)....Pages 1-16 Miller and the Modern City (Finn Jensen)....Pages 17-27 The Two Great Outsiders: Nietzsche and Rimbaud (Finn Jensen)....Pages 29-41 The Roots of Vitalism (Finn Jensen)....Pages 43-52 The Spectrum of Values in Modernity (Finn Jensen)....Pages 53-69 The Radicals: From Artaud to Deleuze and Guattari (Finn Jensen)....Pages 71-81 The Man-of-the-City Novel (Finn Jensen)....Pages 83-89 Lonely and Desperate Men-of-the-City (Finn Jensen)....Pages 91-125 Miller and Literary Criticism (Finn Jensen)....Pages 127-137 The Meeting with the Death Cult: Michael Fraenkel and Walter Lowenfels (Finn Jensen)....Pages 139-148 The Hamlet Correspondence (Finn Jensen)....Pages 149-156 The D.H. Lawrence Book (Finn Jensen)....Pages 157-168 Cosmology and Metaphors (Finn Jensen)....Pages 169-193 Tropic of Cancer (Finn Jensen)....Pages 195-228 Black Spring (Finn Jensen)....Pages 229-242 Tropic of Capricorn (Finn Jensen)....Pages 243-288 The Greek Journey (Finn Jensen)....Pages 289-310 Back Matter ....Pages 311-315