Black Spring
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Black Spring is a semi-autobiographical, experimental prose work by Henry Miller that blends memoir, fiction, and surreal imagery.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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experimental prose work ⓘ |
| author | Henry Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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experimental literature ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElements |
childhood in Brooklyn
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life as an expatriate in Paris ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“A Saturday Afternoon”
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“Into the Night Life …” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Jabberwhorl Cronstadt” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Mara-Marignan” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Angel is My Watermark!” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Café Rouge” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Fourteenth Ward” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Sunlight Gaze” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Tailor Shop” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The World of Sex” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Third or Fourth Day of Spring” ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American modernism
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French surrealism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernism
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surrealism ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending memoir and fiction
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experimental narrative structure ⓘ poetic and hallucinatory language ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvrePhase | Henry Miller’s early Paris period ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Obelisk Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Tropic of Cancer
NERFINISHED
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Tropic of Capricorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
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Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
lyrical prose
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
artistic creation
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bohemian life ⓘ memoir ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
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