Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn

Leon Lewis (Appalachian State University)

Ed. by Sofia Ahlberg, Uppsala University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

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First circulation or publication 1939

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United States (Country of Origin)

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Non-Fiction
- Autobiography (literary)
Novel

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Henry Miller’s publication of

Tropic of Cancer

in 1934 radically altered the literary cosmos, with the work immediately becoming an “underground” best-seller. Assured by the energy-releasing experience of writing

Cancer

, Miller proceeded with several projects in the mid-1930s. These include the volume

Black Spring

(1938), which was a compilation of episodes from Miller’s life in Brooklyn and Paris; a collection of essays,

The Cosmological Eye

(1939), his first book with James Laughlin’s pioneering New Directions Press, and then with energy equal to that driving

Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn

(1939), again from Obelisk Press which had published

Cancer.

Neither of the

Tropics

would be legally available in the United States until Barney Rosset’s Grove Press successfully challenged…

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Citation: Lewis, Leon. "Tropic of Capricorn". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 October 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8475, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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