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Tropic of Capricorn is a sexually explicit novel by Henry Miller, first published in Paris in 1938. The novel was a sequel to Tropic of Cancer, 1934. The novel is set in 1920s New York, where the narrator 'Henry V. Miller' works in the personnel division of the 'Cosmodemonic' telegraph company. Tropic of Capricorn cover This image is a book cover. ... Tropic of Capricorn cover This image is a book cover. ... Sexually explicit material (video, photography, creative writing) presents sexual content without deliberately obscuring or censoring it. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Henry Miller photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and, to a lesser extent, painter of German Catholic heritage. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The cover of a recent edition of Tropic of Cancer. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1920s were a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location [[Image:|250px|250px|Location of City of New York, New York]] Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R...

Although the narrator's experiences closely parallel Miller's own time in New York working for the Western Union Telegraph Company, and he shares the author's name, the novel is not pure autobiography. Miller maintains a (somewhat) ironic distance from his narrator's exaggerated masculinity and racism. All bets are off with the exaggerated claim of racism to the left. Western Union is an American financial services and communications company. ... It has been suggested that Racism in Mass Media be merged into this article or section. ...

Typical of modernist writing, the novel is critical of capitalism and positivism. Industry is portrayed as a chaotic and directionless machine. The novel is also notable for passages that, taken in an explicity literal sense, evoke a feeling racism and misogyny. Women are objectified as "cunts" and often portrayed as little more than tools for sexual relief, and the narrator could be thought to "rile" against ethnic minorities in racist terms (alongside his complaints against the status quo). Taken with no regard for the time when the book was written, its protagonist can appear somewhat gruff and backwards. This appearance is in stark and ironic contrast to the character's relative open-mindededness for the period within which the novel is set. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Capitalism Capitalism has been defined in various ways. ... Positivism can have several meanings. ... Misogyny ( mĭ-sŏj ə-nē ) is hatred of or strong prejudice against women. ... Cunt is an English slang word that refers to the human female genitals. ... Look up Status quo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present, current, existing state of affairs. ...

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