The American critic who championed Journey, corresponded with its exiled author, made the pilgrimage to Denmark in 1948 — and published the disenchanted record of the visit.
A Brandeis literary scholar, Milton Hindus admired Journey to the End of the Night enough to open a correspondence with its author in Danish exile, and in 1948 traveled to visit him. The encounter produced The Crippled Giant (1950), his unsparing record of the stay — admiration for the novelist colliding with everything else — and one of the essential primary documents in the long argument over Céline. He spent the rest of a distinguished career on Whitman, Proust, and the American canon.
Clashed with · 1948
Hindus championed the novels and made a pilgrimage to the Danish exile in 1948; the visit soured. The Crippled Giant, the disenchanted book he drew from it, ended the acquaintance and drew Céline's lasting resentment.
Met · 1948
The American critic who championed the novels, corresponded with the Danish exile, and visited in 1948 — an encounter that produced The Crippled Giant, his disenchanted record of the stay.
Clashed with · 1948
Hindus championed the novels and made a pilgrimage to the Danish exile in 1948; the visit soured. The Crippled Giant, the disenchanted book he drew from it, ended the acquaintance and drew Céline's lasting resentment.
Met · 1948
The American critic who championed the novels, corresponded with the Danish exile, and visited in 1948 — an encounter that produced The Crippled Giant, his disenchanted record of the stay.
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