TY - BOOK ID - 65247386 TI - Henry Miller and Modernism : The Years in Paris, 1930–1939 PY - 2019 SN - 3030331652 3030331644 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Miller, Henry, KW - Miller, Henry Valentine KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Literature, Modern—20th century. KW - America—Literatures. KW - Europe—History—1492-. KW - Cities and towns—History. KW - Twentieth-Century Literature. KW - North American Literature. KW - History of Modern Europe. KW - Urban History. KW - Literature, Modern KW - America KW - Europe KW - Cities and towns KW - Gay culture Europe KW - Literature KW - 20th century. KW - Literatures. KW - History KW - 1492-. KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65247386 AB - 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. . ER -