The Making of a Counter-Culture Icon: Henry Miller's Dostoevsky

by Maria Bloshteyn

Book Overview

At first glance, the works of Fedor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) do not appear to have much in common with those of the controversial American writer Henry Miller (1891-1980). However, the influencer of Dostoevsky on Miller was, in fact, enormous and shaped the latter's view of the world, of literature, and of his own writing. The Making of a Counter-Culture Icon examines the obsession that Miller and his contemporaries, the so-called Villa Seurat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802092284
• ISBN13: 9780802092281
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher