| Letters to Emil Contributor(s): Miller, Henry (Author), Schnellock, Emil (Author), Wickes, George (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0811211703 ISBN-13: 9780811211703 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1991 Annotation: Miller, Letters to Emil. The collected correspondance of H. Miller and Emil Schnellock. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Collections | Letters - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 88036470 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.54" W x 8.69" (0.57 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Prepared by Henry Miller for publication in 1938, Letters to Emil--correspondence from 1921 through 1934 with his boyhood friend and successful artist Emil Schnellock--remained unpublished until 1989. A chance encounter by the two men, out of touch since childhood, led to Miller's decision to become a writer. Throughout the '20s and into the '30s, Schnellock acted as his chief mentor, to whom he voiced his exuberant, sometimes cranky views of life and anxiously discussed his dying marriage to June Mansfield and his growing involvement with Anais Nin. Miller's letters are a compelling record of the writer in the making, beginning with his first efforts in 1922, tracing his ten-year struggle to find his own voice, and reaching a climax with the publication of Tropic of Cancer in 1934. Indeed, it was in his actual letters to Emil that Henry Miller developed his vigorously earthy yet philosophical style. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wickes, George: - George Wickes is a professor in the department of English at the University of Oregon in Eugene.Miller, Henry: - Henry Miller (1891--1980) was one of the most controversial American novelists during his lifetime. His book, The Tropic of Cancer, was banned in the some U.S. states before being overruled by the Supreme Court. New Directions publishes several of his books. |