Henry Miller

Henry Miller (December 26, 1891, New York City–June 7, 1980, Pacific Palisades, California), was an American writer. He is particularly known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also an imaginative construct. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, and Black Spring. He also wrote travel memoirs and essays of literary criticism and analysis.

Works

• Tropic of Cancer, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1934. ISBN 0802151825
• What Are You Going to Do about Alf?, Paris: Printed at author's expense, 1935.
• Aller Retour New York, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1935.
• Black Spring, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1936. ISBN 0802131824
• Max and the White Phagocytes, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1938.
• Opus Pistorum, New York: Grove Press, 1938. ISBN 0394533747
• Tropic of Capricorn, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1939. ISBN 0802151825
• Henry Miller's Hamlet Letters, Vol. I, with Michael Fraenkel, Santurce, Puerto Rico: Carrefour, 1939. ISBN 0809540584
• Vol. II, with Michael Fraenkel, New York: Carrefour, 1941.
• Vol. I complete New York: Carrefour, 1943.
• The Cosmological Eye, New York: New Directions, 1939. ISBN 0811201104
• The World of Sex, Chicago: Ben Abramson, Argus Book Shop, 1940.
• The Colossus of Maroussi, San Francisco: Colt Press, 1941. ISBN 0811201090
• The Wisdom of the Heart, New York: New Directions, 1941. ISBN 0811201163
• Sunday after the War, New York: New Directions, 1944.
• Semblance of a Devoted Past, Berkeley, Calif.: Bern Porter, 1944.
• The Plight of the Creative Artist in the United States of America, Houlton, Me.: Bern Porter, 1944.
• Echolalia (book)|Echolalia, Berkeley, Calif.: Bern Porter, 1945.
• Henry Miller Miscellanea, San Mateo, Calif.: Bern Porter, 1945.
• Why Abstract?, with Hilaire Hiller and William Saroyan, New York: New Directions, 1945. ISBN 0838318371
• The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, New York: New Directions, 1945. ISBN 0811201066
• Maurizius Forever, San Francisco: Colt Press, 1946.
• Remember to Remember, New York: New Directions, 1947. ISBN 0811203212
• The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder, New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948.
• Sexus (Book One of The Rosy Crucifixion), Paris: Obelisk Press, 1949. ISBN 0875291732
• The Waters Reglitterized, San Jose, Calif.: John Kidis, 1950. ISBN 0912264713
• The Books in My Life, New York: New Directions, 1952. ISBN 0811201082
• Plexus (Book Two of The Rosy Crucifixion), Paris: Olympia Press, 1953. ISBN 0802151795
• Quiet Days in Clichy, Paris: Olympia Press, 1956. ISBN 080213016X
• The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud, New York: New Directions, 1956. ISBN 0811201155
• Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, New York: New Directions, 1957. ISBN 0811201074
• The Red Notebook, Highlands, N.C.: Jonathan Williams, 1958.
• Reunion in Barcelona, Northwood, England: Scorpion Press, 1959.
• Nexus (Book Three of The Rosy Crucifixion), Paris: Obelisk Press, 1960. ISBN 0802151787
• To Paint Is to Love Again, Alhambra, Calif.: Cambria Books, 1960.
• Watercolors, Drawings, and His Essay "The Angel Is My Watermark," Abrams, 1962.
• Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, New York: New Directions, 1962. ISBN 0811203220
• Just Wild about Harry, New York: New Directions, 1963. ISBN 0811207242
• Greece (with drawings by Anne Poor), New York: Viking Press, 1964.