A brilliant, ambitious, insightful inquiry into the art of writing from the legendary Margaret Atwood. What do we mean when we say that someone is a writer? Is he or she an entertainer? A high priest of the god of Art? An improver of readers' minds and morals? Looking back on her own childhood
Henry Miller on Writing
โ Scribed by Henry Miller
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Year
- 1964
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 376 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"A brilliant selection . . . it is in short a voyage of discovery, an adventure and this the log of that voyage in the life of a probing and powerful writer." --Robert R. Kirsch, Los Angeles Times.Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, and how he learned to draw on his own experience.
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