Scope: Born in Paris, Anais Nin left school at age sixteen and subsequently was self-educated. Throughout her lifetime, Nin associated with many well-known writers and artists who influenced her writings. Her association with noted psychoanalyst Otto Rank greatly influenced her writing style. The Diary of Anais Nin was her most famous work.

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Books of Anais Nin’s works are listed in our on-line catalog under, “Nin, Anais," and under individual titles.

Books written by and about Anais Nin have the call number(s)

PS 3527.I865 

Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located on the second floor of the library are:

Bair, Deirdre. Anais Nin: A Biography. New York: Putnam’s, 1995.

Fitch, Noel Riley. Anais: The Erotic Life of Anais Nin. Boston: Little, Brown, 1993.

Jason, Philip K. The Critical Response to Anais Nin. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1996.

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. These resources provide overviews or summaries of the topic.

The following titles are appropriate to this topic:

PR 821.C7 1991 Critical Survey of Long Fiction 

PS 21.D5 vol. 2 American Novelists Since World War II
     Vol. 4 American Writers in Paris, 1920-1939

PN771.M3 1991 Major 20th Century Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the links for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

• American Literature
• Literature-General

WEB SITES 

Modernist/Avant-Garde Links 
http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/modlitlinks.html

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