The Age of the Murderer -- The Complete Works of Henry Miller

Author: Henry Miller
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This business of murder will soon be over. Once the poet's voice is stifled, history loses its meaning, and the end of the world will come upon human consciousness like a new, terrifying dawn. Henry Miller was a controversial writer who always evoked extreme emotions in his readers—those who loved him loved him to death, and those who hated him hated him just as fiercely. Whether it was extreme love or hatred, no one could ignore him. "The Age of the Killers" is an essay on Rimbaud, in which Henry Miller analyzes Rimbaud and his works, proposing that poets and their works should be treated fairly. The author further predicts that this business of murdering poets will soon come to an end. Once the poet's voice is stifled, history will lose its meaning, and the end of the world will come upon human consciousness like a new, terrifying dawn. Almost all modern French poets have been influenced by him, and you could indeed say that contemporary French poetry owes everything to Rimbaud. To date, no one has surpassed him in either courage or technical innovation. Among living poets, only Saint-John Perse's poetry can make me feel the same sense of joy and excitement that I experience when reading Rimbaud's works.