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The Devil at Large : Erica Jong on Henry Miller by Jong, Erica is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Devil at Large : Erica Jong on Henry Miller about?
The book begins with a question: "Why Henry Miller?" Miller remains among the most misunderstood of writers - seen either as a pornographer or a guru, a sexual enslaver or a sexual liberator, a prophet or a pervert. All the questions his life and oeuvre raise about the role of the writer in society, the impact of books on sexual politics, the impact of sexual politics on books, the threat of censorship to free speech and written expression are, unfortunately, as fresh today as they ever were." Part biography, part memoir, part critical study, part exploration of sexual politics in our time, The Devil at Large is an event: a book that promises to rescue Miller from the facile charges of misogyny, anti-Semitism, and titillation that have been lobbed at him over the years, and brilliantly captures the exuberance, audacity, and energy that defined his life and art. More than that, it is a reunion between a young writer and her mentor. In 1974, while Fear of Flying was still a relatively obscure first novel, Erica Jong received an enthusiastic fan letter from Henry Miller, then an old man of eighty-three. Miller credited himself with "discovering" Jong, and his faithful correspondence g
Who reads The Devil at Large : Erica Jong on Henry Miller?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jong, Erica
- Publisher
- Random House Value Publishing
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802133915
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, Literary Fiction, Biography
- Rating
- 3.84 / 5 (254 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14