The Colossus of Maroussi
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The Colossus of Maroussi is a 1941 travel memoir by Henry Miller that lyrically recounts his transformative experiences and impressions of Greece on the eve of World War II.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Colossus of Maroussi canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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non-fiction book ⓘ travel memoir ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| author | Henry Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | considered one of Henry Miller's finest works ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Athens
NERFINISHED
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Corfu NERFINISHED ⓘ Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Air-Conditioned Nightmare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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travel literature ⓘ |
| hasFormat | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | travel writing about Greece ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeMode | autobiographical ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 240 ⓘ |
| hasReprint | New Directions edition ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | before Nazi occupation of Greece ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
celebration of Greek culture
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critique of modern Western civilization ⓘ freedom and spontaneity ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ spiritual discovery ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | nickname of George Katsimbalis ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Henry Miller's 1939 trip to Greece ⓘ |
| isAbout |
friendship with Greek writers and artists
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pre-war Greece ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
impressionistic narrative
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lyrical prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Greek landscape and culture
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Henry Miller's travels in Greece ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | George Katsimbalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Henry Miller bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Greek countryside
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Greek people ⓘ |
| precededBy | Tropic of Capricorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| publisher | Colt Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | eve of World War II ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | late 1930s ⓘ |
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