The making of a counter-culture icon : Henry Miller's Dostoevsky / Maria Bloshteyn.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Bloshteyn, Maria R., 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Miller, Henry, 1891-1980--Criticism and interpretation.
• Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Influence.
• Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977--Criticism and interpretation.
• Durrell, Lawrence--Criticism and interpretation.
• Durrell, Lawrence.
• Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977.
• Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.
• Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.
• Underground literature--History and criticism.
• Counterculture--History--20th century.
• Expatriate authors--France--Paris.
• Expatriate authors.
• Counterculture.
• History.
• Underground literature.
• Criticism and interpretation.
• France--Paris.

Physical Description:

xi, 261 pages : portrait ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2007]

Contents:

• 1 Intercultural Readings, Dostoevsky's Twentieth Century, and Henry Miller's Literary Ambitions 3
• 2 Dostoevsky as American Icon 24
• 3 Henry Miller's Road to Dostoevsky 45
• 4 Henry Miller's Villa Seurat Circle and Dostoevsky 67
• 5 Post-Dostoevskian Prose and the Villa Seurat Circle 87
• 6 Understanding Dostoevsky's 'Philosophy' at Villa Seurat 115
• 7 Writing the Underground 139
• 8 Pragmatics of Influence, the Dostoevsky Brand, and Dostoevsky Codes 177
• Appendix A Dostoevsky and America: A Brief Bibliographic Overview 187
• Appendix B Miller and the Villa Seurat Circle: A Brief Bibliographic Overview 192.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-252) and index.

ISBN:

• 9780802092281
• 0802092284

OCLC:

154746487