Henry Miller

[White, Rich]

I'd suggest a reading of _The Air-Conditioned Nightmare_ and _Black Spring_ 
for another side view of Miller.  The sometimes-neglected _Tropic of 
Capricorn_ is a very funny book and worth dipping into.

I think Beatty's _Reds_ shows him to advantage. (such a sweet-dispositioned 
old man)
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.*++From: owner-pynchon-l
.*++To: SY19058
.*++Subject: Re: Henry Miller
.*++Date: Tuesday, May 28, 1996 10:09AM
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.*++My two cents.
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.*++Around fucking episodes Henry Miller builds a "wildly" sentimentalistic
.*++and "daringly" eloquent pseudo-philosophy, which, as I see it, is meant
.*++to justify his cock -- his masculine imagination, his masculine 
universe.
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.*++One reason why Charles Bukowski is a much better writer than Miller is 
that
.*++there are no such schmaltzy apologetic levels in his books. This makes 
the
.*++narrational stance much less authoritarian in Bukowski than it is in 
Miller.
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.*++_GR_ is impurely involved with phallic powers, sure, but the 
kaleidoscopic
.*++reflections of the narrator and characters won't cement any 
ego-boostings
.*++of male individualism. Instead, the text desparately tries to prompt its
.*++readers to look for ways to subvert institutionalized phallic 
traditions.
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.*++Heikki
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