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PA

MP

HLE

TS,

ON

AM

ER

ICA

N W

RIT

ERS

BY

G

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RG

E

WIC

KE

S

iiiir

iHiin

GE

OR

GE

WIC

KE

S

Dio

nysi

an, a

nti-i

ntel

lect

ual,

inst

ínct

ive;

he

tura

s to

the

sam

e lif

e-gi

ving

sou

rces

, ar

t, re

ligió

n, a

nd s

ex. T

o us

e a

favo

rite

term

of

cont

etop

orar

y cr

itici

sm,

both

are

pro

phet

ic,

apoc

alyp

tic w

riter

s.H

ere

the

rese

mbl

ance

end

s. T

empe

ram

enta

lly t

he t

wo

are

alto

-ge

ther

diff

eren

t, as

diff

eren

t as

trag

edy

and

com

edy.

Whe

re L

aw-

renc

e is

ind

ined

to

play

the

mes

siah

, M

iller

pre

fers

to

play

the

dow

n.A

rt, r

elig

ión,

and

sex

. Mill

er is

eas

ily re

cogn

ized

as

an a

post

leo£

art

and

sex

, but

the

relig

ious

ele

men

t may

be

hard

er t

o de

tect

in h

is w

ork.

By

conv

entio

nal

stan

dard

s he

is

imm

oral

, pr

ofan

e,an

d bl

asph

emou

s. H

e is

not

pio

us, v

irtuo

us, s

olem

n, p

urita

nica

l,do

gmat

ic, o

r orth

odox

— h

e ha

s no

ne o

f th

e at

trib

utes

that

Am

er-

ican

a us

ually

ass

ocia

te w

ith re

ligió

n, a

nd h

e cl

early

has

no

use

for

them

. Y

et M

iller

reg

ards

him

self

as a

rel

igio

us m

an,

freq

uent

lym

entio

ns G

od in

his

wor

k, a

nd r

eadi

ly a

llude

s to

suc

h re

ligio

usfi

gure

s as

Gau

tam

a, J

esús

, an

d, h

is f

avor

ite,

Lao-

tse. W

hat

hem

eans

by

God

and

relig

ión

is o

ftea

hard

to d

eter

min

e, b

ecau

se h

eis

so

com

plet

ely

ecle

ctic

in

his

víew

s. O

ften

in h

is e

arly

wor

ks,

God

mea

ns s

impl

y th

e di

vine

affl

atus

or

self-

£ulfi

llmen

t. A

nd re

-5 l

igio

n, e

sped

ally

in

his

late

r w

orks

, ca

n in

dude

any

thin

g th

atyj

nigh

t Jq

aftjy

-t^jft

Hbd

td

jpgf

tfiis

n or

met

aphy

sics

. .M

iller

Jia

i-.-i

sg.-:

..alw

ays

béeo

»ti§

B3é

l*o

a^:E

B|j¡

gexo

tic

and

esot

eric

lyw

ems,

Ijj

gsu

ch a

s aa

tjoío

gylM

roso

pfay

S^

SE

lüsm

. In

reje

cñng

org

aniz

edC

faris

iiani

ry,

he d

id n

ot d

osé'

oS^i

ind

to r

elig

ión,

but

rat

her

open

ed i

t to

all

man

ner

of u

ncon

vent

iona

l pa

ra-r

e lig

ious

bel

ieís

,pr

efer

abiy

Orie

ntal

in

orig

in.

Ánd

in

relig

ión

as in

eve

ryth

ing

else

he

rem

ains

a h

edon

ist,

an a

narc

hist

, an

d a

hum

oris

t; th

isco

mbi

natio

n m

akes

it p

artic

ular

ly d

ifñcu

lt fo

r m

ore

conv

entio

nal

min

ds t

o at

cept

Mill

er a

s a

relig

ious

per

son.

Sex

ís o

í co

urse

the

mos

t con

tiüve

rsia

l el

emen

t in

his

wor

k; i

tas

sum

es r

oany

fór

ms

and

serv

es m

any

purp

oses

. Som

etió

os i

t is

pure

ly g

ratu

itous

, mer

e ba

wdy

sto

ryte

lling

, bu

t at

oth

e^tú

nes

it

Hen

ry M

iller

is sy

mbo

lic. A

t its

mos

t mea

ning

ful

sex

serv

es as

the

mos

t po

wer

ful

wea

pon

agaí

nst

the

syste

m h

e is

atta

ckin

g. I

t is

the

life-

forc

e, d

ieon

ly f

orcé

tha

t ca

n re

scue

man

Iro

m t

he m

achi

ne.

Her

e ag

ain

Mill

er re

sem

bles

Law

renc

e; b

ut h

e do

es n

ot g

o on

with

Law

renc

eto

dev

elop

a m

ystiq

ue o

f se

x. W

ith h

im s

ex is

usu

ally

cas

ual,

carn

al,

anar

chic

, án

d in

disc

rimin

ate.

In

writ

ing

abou

t it,

he

iscr

ude,

blu

nt, e

xplic

it. W

orse

still

, he

uses

the

ever

yday

wor

ds th

athe

lear

ned

in th

e st

reet

s as

a b

oy.

The

se w

ords

are

stil

l exp

losív

e in

pri

nt. I

t is

pro

babl

y M

iller

'sla

ngua

ge m

ore

than

any

thin

g el

se t

hat

arou

sed

the

cens

ors,

and

still

mak

es i

t ex

ceed

ingl

y di

fficu

lt to

deb

ate

die

porn

ogra

phy-

obsc

enity

issu

e di

spas

sion

atel

y. T

here

is a

lso a

pro

blem

of

defin

i-tio

n, a

nd in

the

law

cour

ts a

que

stío

n of

the

writ

er's

inte

nt. M

iller

chee

rfully

adm

its; t

hat

he is

an

obsc

ene

writ

er, b

ut d

aim

s no

t to

be a

por

nogr

aphe

r. H

e ba

ses

his

dist

inct

ion

larg

ely

on c

ando

r:ob

scen

ity t

o hi

m is

dire

ct, w

híle

por

nogr

aphy

is

sugg

estiv

e. P

or-

nogr

aphy

mig

ht b

e de

scrib

ed s

impl

y as

aph

rodi

siac

, obs

ceni

ty a

sdi

sgus

ting.

Por

nogr

aphy

is

rom

antic

, m

akin

g se

x ap

pear

mor

eal

lurin

g th

an it

act

ually

is; w

hile

obs

ceni

ty, t

o th

e co

ntra

ry, m

akes

sex

repu

lsiv

e or

rid

icul

ous.

Ey

now

no

one

chal

leng

es M

iller

'sm

ouve

s muc

h; c

erta

inly

he

did

not w

rite

abou

t sex

taja

ake

mon

ey—

he

is n

ot a

por

nogr

aphe

r in

tha

t sen

se. I

n tim

e ^S

^ffju

lc i

sis

like

ly to

app

ear

lucü

croo

s, a

qua

ínt

epis

ode

ín ^

^^

^n

g cu

l-tu

ral

patte

rn.

Afte

r al

l, po

rnog

raph

y ha

s fí

ouns

hetf

Siyn

ly in

few p

urita

nica

l co

untri

es d

urín

g th

e la

st t

wo

hund

red

year

s or

less

; else

whe

re a

nd a

t oth

er ti

mes

, sex

ha»

alm

ost

inva

riabl

y be

enre

gard

ed a

s co

mic

al.

AJr

eady

the

re a

re 5

¡gns

tha

t th

e En

glish

-sp

eaki

ng p

eopl

es a

re g

row

ing

!ess

squ

eam

isii

abou

t re

adin

g th

edo

zen

or s

o w

ords

tha

t m

ake

up t

he o

bsce

ne v

ocab

ular

y. I

f so

,H

enry

Mill

er h

as b

een

larg

ely

resp

onsi

ble

fort

heir

acc

epta

nce

inpr

iot.

; -v-

*

-

As

mig

ht b

e ex

pect

ed,

Mil

icos

as

won

ocla

stic

on

the

subj

ect

GE

OR

CE

W

ICK

.ES

Bla

ck S

pri

ng

. N

ew Y

ork:

Eve

rgre

en B

lack

Cat

Señ

es (

Gra

ve P

ress

). (

.95.

Th

e C

oíos

iiit

of

Ma

rou

ssi.

New

Yor

k: N

ew D

irec

ción

*. $

1.55

.T

he

Co

smo

log

ica

l E

ye.

New

Yor

k: N

ew D

iiec

tío

m.

$1.7

5.N

exu

l.

New

Yor

k: E

verg

reen

Bla

ck C

at S

erie

s. J

.95

.P

lexu

s. N

ew Y

ork:

Eve

rgre

en B

lad

i C

at S

erie

s, (

1.1

5.

Qu

iet

Da

ys ¡

n C

lich

y. N

ew Y

ork:

Eve

rgre

en B

lack

Cat

Ser

ies.

J.7

5.R

emem

ber

to

Rem

errt

ber

. New

Yor

k: N

ew D

irec

tio

ns.

f 1

-95.

Sex

us.

New

Yo

rk:

Evw

gree

n B

lack

Cat

Ser

ies.

$1.

25.

Su

nd

ay

aft

er

the

Wa

t. N

ew Y

ork:

New

Dir

ecti

on

s. J

1.65

.T

he

Tim

e o

f th

e A

ua

ssin

s. N

ew Y

ork:

New

Dir

ecti

oiu

. $

14

0.

Tro

pie

of

Cá

nce

r. N

ew Y

ork:

Eve

rgre

en B

lack

Cat

Ser

ies.

Í.9

5.

Tro

pic

of

Ca

pri

corn

. N

ew Y

ork:

Eve

rgre

en B

lack

Cat

Ser

ies.

5*45.

Th

e W

isd

om

of

the

tíea

rt.

New

Yor

k: N

ew D

irec

tío

ns.

Í1

45

.T

he

Wo

rld

o

f S

ex.

New

Yor

k: E

verg

reen

Bla

ck C

at S

erie

s. (

.75.

Bib

liogr

aphi

esM

oore

, T

ho

mas

H.

Bib

licg

rap

hy

of

Hen

ry

Mil

lcr.

M

inn

eap

oli

s: H

enry

M

ille

rL

iler

ary

So

det

y,

1961

.R

enk

en.

Max

ine.

A

Bib

llo

gra

ph

y a

f H

enry

M

ille

r,

io4

¡--i

96

i.

Den

ver:

A

lan

Sw

allo

w.

19

62

.R

iley

. E

sta

Lo

u.

Hen

ry

Mil

ltr,

A

n

Info

rma

l B

ibli

og

rap

hy,

1

92

4-1

96

0.

May

s.K

ans.

: F

on

H

ays

Kan

sas

Sta

te C

olle

ge,

1961

.

Cri

tical

and

Bio

grap

hita

l St

udie

síi

. íi

enty

¿ii

lier

. Exp

atrí

ate.

Pitt

sbur

gh: U

nivi

ran

d A

lírej

J P

erlc

s. A

rt a

nd

Ou

tra

ge.

Lo

nd

oc;

)TT

uel

Bec

kt'tt

a

nd

H

enry

M

ille

r:

Tw

o

Mo

ña

o

rfc:

Ran

do

m H

ou

se,

fort

ho

om

in^

r T

he

Ha

pp

j T

Tíg

BH

H^

'-~

;r i

lir

Ecr

n P

ort

er,

1o

r H

enrt

MW

trr•

am

ffn

e~Ó

riti

ci.

Car

bo

nd

ale.

ni.

P

yfi

r -H

enry

M

ille

t,"

in

rVri

ters

at

Wo

rk:

Th

e F

a

JSel

ecte

i B

ibli

ogra

phy

The

bib

liogr

aphy

of H

enry

Mill

er is

som

ewha

t con

fuie

d by

exp

atrí

ate

publ

ica-

tion,

am

ateu

r en

terp

rises

, an

d ot

her

uous

ual

drcu

mst

ance

s. T

wo

of h

ti b

ooks

wer

e fin

t pu

bUsb

ed ¡

n tr

ansl

atio

n. S

ome

wor

ks a

ppea

red

inde

pend

ently

and

wer

e la

ta i

ucor

para

ted

into

oth

erj;

for

cum

ple,

A D

evit

in P

arad

ise

(195

6)be

cam

e p

an o

f B

ig S

ur a

nd t

he O

rang

es o

f H

iero

nym

us

Bosc

h (1

957)

. Anu

mbe

r of

ew

ays

wer

e fir

st p

ublis

hed

in p

amph

leC

for

m a

nd l

ater

col

lect

edin

mis

cclla

nies

, suc

h as

Mon

ey a

nd H

ow X

t GeU

Tha

t W

cy (1

938)

, ant

holo

gize

dm

ajiy

yea

n la

ter

in S

tand

Stil

i iik

e th

e H

umm

ingb

ird

{196

1). S

ame

pam

phle

tsre

prin

t ex

cerp

ts f

roni

alre

ady

publ

Uhe

d w

orki

; so

me

are

mer

ely

adve

nisi

ngbr

ochu

na. T

o da

rify

the

reco

rd, t

he lí

st b

elow

giv

cs o

nly

ihe

fint

edid

on i

nEn

glis

h an

d on

ly p

amph

lecs

coo

tatn

ing

mat

eria

l w

hicb

. doc

a no

t app

ear

else

-w

here

.

Wor

ks o£

Hen

xy M

iller

Trop

ic o

f Cán

cer.

Pañ

i: O

belis

k Pr

ess,

1934

.W

hat

Are

You

Goi

ng to

Do

a bou

I Al

f? P

arís

: pri

nted

at a

utho

r'i e

xpen

se, 1

955.

Alle

r Re

tour

Ncv

i Yo

rk. P

arís

: Obe

lisk

Pres

s, 19

55.

Blac

k Sp

ring

. Pa

rís:

Obe

lisk

Fren

, 193

6.M

ax a

nd th

e W

hite

Pha

gpcy

tcs.

Par

ó: O

belis

k Pr

e«.

1938

.¡£

of

Cap

rico

rn.

París

: Obe

lisk

Pres

s, 19

59-

sH;d

uel

^rae

nkel

). V

oL I

, Sa

nüjrc

e,

Puer

to R

ice

New

Yoi

Ef C

arre

four

, 19

41.

V«t

I co

mpl

ete,

New

Eye.

New

Yor

k: N

ew D

irect

ion*

, 195

9.Se

x. [

Chi

cago

: Ben

Abr

amso

n, A

rgus

Boo

k Sh

op,

1940

.]Th

e C

olaa

ú) o

f Mar

ouss

i. Sa

n Fr

anci

sco:

Col

t Pt

ess.

194

1.Th

t W

Ude

m o

f th

e H

eart

. N

ewTC

oik:

New

Dire

ctio

n», 1

941.

Sund

ay a

fter

the

War

. New

Yor

k: N

ew D

irect

ions

, 19

44.

Sem

bian

cc o

f a

Dev

oied

Pas

t. B

erke

ley,

CaU

f.: B

em P

orte

r, 19

44.

The

Pltfh

t of

the

Cre

ativ

e Ar

tist

w\ t

he U

nite

d St

otes

of

Amcn

ca.

Me;

Ber

n Po

rter

, 19

44.

Echo

iáli*

. Bír

itelc

y, C

alifa

Ber

n Po

ner,

1945

.''Jí

enry

M

iller

Miic

eíla

nea.

San

Mat

eo. C

aüf.:

Ber

n Po

rter

, 194

3.Ab

stru

ctT

(with

Hila

ire

Hilc

r an

d W

illia

nj S

aroy

an).

N.

litct

ions

, J94

5.

44

Sele

cted

Bib

liog

raph

yTh

e Ai

r-C

ondi

tione

d N

ight

mar

e. N

ew Y

ork:

New

Dire

ctio

ns, 1

945.

Mau

rtiiu

s Fo

reve

r. S

an F

ranc

isco

: C

olt

Pres

s, 19

46.

Rem

embe

r to

Rem

embe

r. N

ew Y

ork:

New

Dire

ctio

ns, 1

947.

The

Smilt

at t

he F

oot o

f the

Lad

der.

New

Yor

k: D

uell,

Sio

an, a

nd P

earc

e, 1

948.

Sexu

s (B

ook

One

of

The

Ros

y C

ruci

fixió

n),

París

: O

belis

k Pr

ess,

194

9.Th

e W

ater

s Re

glitt

erU

ed.

San

José

, Cal

if.:

John

Kid

is.

1950

.Th

e Bo

oks

in M

y Li

fe.

New

Yor

k: N

ew D

irect

ioru

. 195

».Pl

exus

(Bo

ok T

wo

of T

he R

osy

Cru

cifix

ión)

. Pa

rís:

Oly

mpi

a Pr

ess,

195

3.Q

uiet

Day

s in

Clic

hy. P

arís

: O

lym

pia

Pie»

. 195

6.Th

e Ti

me

of th

e As

sass

ins:

A S

tudy

of

Rim

baud

. N

ew Y

ork:

New

Dire

ctio

ns,

1956

.Bi

g Su

r an

d th

e O

rang

es o

f H

iero

nym

us

Bosc

h. N

ew Y

ork:

New

Dire

ctio

ns,

'957

-Th

e R

ed N

oteb

ook.

Hig

hlan

ds,

N.C

; Jo

nath

an W

ÍUia

ms,

1958

.Re

unió

n in

Bar

celo

na. N

onhw

ood,

Eng

land

: Sc

orpi

on P

ress

, 195

9.N

exuí

(Bo

ok T

hree

of

The

Ros

y C

ruci

fixió

n). P

arís

: Obe

lisk

Pres

^ 19

60.

To P

aint

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to L

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