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The Time of the Assassins: a Study of Rimbaud

by Henry Miller · 1956

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The social function of the creative personality is a recurrent theme with Henry Miller, and this book is perhaps his most poignant and concentrated analysis of the artist's dilemma.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thisliterary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of this
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1950s1950sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of thisessaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

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