Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1938, n.d.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1938, n.d.

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Consists of letters, copies of letters, a review and other writings of Henry Miller. Includes the following: one letter dated 23 July 1938 to Henri Fluchère, containing biographical material for Fluchère to use in the preface to the French edition of Tropic of Cancer (Paris: Obelisk Press, [1934]); three letters of 1938 to Ralph Thompson, in which were enclosed a brochure advertising the periodical Volontés (to which Miller contributed) and a brochure advertising the English edition of Erich Gutkind's The Absolute Collective: a philosophical attempt to overcome our broken state (trans. from German by Marjorie Gabain. London: The C.W. Daniel company ltd., [1937]); an article "New Reviews" (1938?); and tables of contents for "Plasma and Magma" and "America, the air-conditioned nightmare."

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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Gabain, Marjorie

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Gutkind, Eric, 1877-1965

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Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.

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Novelist. From the description of Papers, 1952-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457225 Henry Miller (1891-1980) was an American author. He was known for his experimental, surrealist novels, such as Tropic of Cancer, which mixed fiction and autobiography. His writing was controversial for its graphic depictions of sexuality, leading to a 1964 obscenity trial in the United States, Grove Press, Inc. v. Gerstein. From the guide to the Henry Miller Letter, unda...

Fluchère, Henri

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Thompson, Ralph, 1904-

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Ralph Thompson (1904-1979) was an American author, teacher and editor. He was a book critic at the New York Times and a contributing editor at Time Magazine, wrote reference works and translations, and was editor of the Book-of-the-Month Club from 1951 until 1975. From the guide to the Ralph Thompson papers, 1929-1960, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Book club editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Ralph Thompson : oral...