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Tropic of Cancer Study Guide

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by Henry Miller
About 52 pages (15,724 words)
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Discuss the differences between literature and commercial fiction. What characterizes literature versus commercial fiction? Does literature ever become commercial fiction. If so, give examples.

How is Henry selfish? How is he altruistic?

Compare and contrast Paris with New York City. What attracts artists, poets and writers to Paris? Has New York City changed since the first publication of Henry's novel?

The novel is considered to have contributed to the sexual revolution of the 1960s. How has the sexual revolution of the 1960s changed society? Have the changes.....

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