| Henry Miller and Surrealist Metaphor: «Riding the Ovarian Trolley» Contributor(s): Hakutani, Yoshinobu (Editor), Balliet, Gay Louise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820428310 ISBN-13: 9780820428314 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art - Literary Criticism | American - General - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism |
| Dewey: 813.4 |
| LCCN: 95014494 |
| Series: Modern American Literature |
| Physical Information: 187 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the origins and characteristics of French 20th Century surrealist aesthetics both in literary and fine art. As an aficionado of surrealism, Henry Miller employs metaphor to reflect -alchemical experimentation.- His surreal imagery depicts the entropy of our time. Miller offers salvation through immersion in the elemental, primal, and sexual." |