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

Bloshteyn, Maria R., 1971-

The making of a counter-culture icon : Henry Miller's Dostoevsky / Maria Bloshteyn. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents -- Preface -- 1 Intercultural Readings, Dostoevsky�s Twentieth Century, and Henry Miller�s Literary Ambitions -- 2 Dostoevsky as American Icon -- 3 Henry Miller�s Road to Dostoevsky -- 4 Henry Miller�s Villa Seurat Circle and Dostoevsky -- 5 Post-Dostoevskian Prose and the Villa Seurat Circle -- 6 Understanding Dostoevsky�s �Philosophy� at Villa Seurat -- 7 Writing the Underground -- 8 Pragmatics of Influence, the Dostoevsky Brand, and Dostoevsky Codes -- Appendix A: Dostoevsky and America: A Brief Bibliographic Overview Appendix B: Miller and the Villa Seurat Circle: A Brief Bibliographic OverviewNotes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z

The Making of a Counter-Culture Icon gives invaluable insight into the early careers of the Villa Seurat writers and testifies to Dostoevsky's influence on twentieth-century literature.




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Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 --Influence.
Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977 --Criticism and interpretation.
Durrell, Lawrence--Criticism and interpretation.


Underground literature--History and criticism.
Counterculture--History--20th century.
Expatriate authors--France--Paris.
Underground literature--Criticism and interpretation.


Electronic Books.

PS3525 / .M355 2007