Who wrote 'Sexus', 'Nexus'and 'Plexus' that collectively make up 'The Rosy Crucifixion'?
The Rosy Crucifixion The Rosy Crucifixion The Rosy Crucifixion, a trilogy consisting of "Sexus", "Plexus", and "Nexus", is a fictionalized account documenting the six-year period of Henry Miller's life in Brooklyn as he falls for his second wife June and struggles to become a writer, leading up to his initial departure for Paris in 1928. The title comes from a sentence near the end of Miller's "Tropic of Capricorn": "All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten." Sexus (1949), the first volume, describes the break-up
The Rosy Crucifixion significant changes." She is one who has changed many details of her life: "her name, her birthplace, her mother, her upbringing, her friends, her tastes, even her desires." The "New York Times" stated, "Miller uses licentious sex scenes to set the stage for his philosophical discussions of self, love, marriage and happiness." Miller said that, in a burst of inspiration one night in 1927, he stayed up all night plotting out "Tropic of Capricorn" (1939) and "The Rosy Crucifixion" in forty or fifty typewritten pages. He began writing "Sexus" in New York in 1942, then set it aside until picking