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A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin and Henry Miller, 1932-1953
  
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A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin and Henry Miller, 1932-1953 (Hardcover)

by Anais Nin (Author), Henry Miller (Author), Gunther Stuhlmann (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 422 pages
  • Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; 1 edition (Nov 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0151527296
  • ISBN-13: 978-0151527298
  • Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 17.1 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 613,803 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth Buying, 9 Jun 2003
This review is from: A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin and Henry Miller, 1932-53 (Paperback)
chronicles the outer events and inner perambulations that preceded both Miller’s and Nin’s arrival on the literary scene. Reading Miller’s correspondence with his economic mentor, friend, fellow writer, and lover, we are privy to previously unpublished disclosures of intimacy and compassion, including moments that sometimes border on the electric. However, when the commentaries are something less electric - and this is far too often the case - a perusal of the letters often fails to elicit the interest of both the general reader as well as the Miller or Nin aficionado. It is possible that the fault here lies with the decisions of editor Gunther Stuhlmann, who chose to exclude passages of general interest such as (in his own words): “lengthy discussions of Dostoevsky, Proust, Joyce, D.H. Lawrence; detailed critiques of another’s work-in-progress; ruminations on films, books, and so on, often encased in letters of twenty or more typed pages.”
Although one can understand the quandary concerning the obvious limitations of space, the decision to “eliminate material peripheral to the personal story” leaves the literary palate teased yet unsatisfied. By focusing on the personal concerns and mundane events surrounding the temporal lives of Miller and Nin, the book fails to pay tribute to the larger issues that propelled Miller to greatness and which so profoundly concerned both authors. Perhaps there was a concern that Miller’s historically superior grasp of the issues at hand (in comparison to Nin), as well as his more imaginative ability to creatively respond to them, would too severely overshadow Nin’s contributions?
Heralded by the emerging Women’s Movement, and revered by a generation of introspective journal writers, Nin’s literary importance remains an inflated one, while Miller, unfortunately, must still await his proper canonization in modern literature.
Despite its flaws; it's definately worth investing in.
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