Samuel Roth, Infamous Modernist

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This is a biographical treatment of a man who has become recognized as a significant figure in American publishing, transatlantic modernism, and the development of obscenity law.

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Title Statements

Full title :Samuel Roth, Infamous Modernist / Jay A. Gertzman.

Summary

This is a biographical treatment of a man who has become recognized as a significant figure in American publishing, transatlantic modernism, and the development of obscenity law.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University Press of Florida
Place of Publication:Florida
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 387 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780813045085, 0813045088, 9780813046181, 0813046181
oclc:ocn830164663
LC Classification:Z473 .R78 G47 2013
Dewey Decimal:070.5092

1893-1916 : From a Galician Shtetl to Columbia University -- 1917-1925 : Prelude to an International Protest : A Rising, Pugnacious Man of Letters -- 1925-1927 : “Damn his Impertinence, Bloody Crook” : Roth Publishes Joyce -- 1928-1934 : Roth Must Live : A Successful Business and its Bankruptcy -- 1934: Jews Must Live : “We Meet our Destiny on the Road we take to Avoid It” -- 1934-1939 : A Stretch in the Federal Penitentiary -- 1940-1949 : Roth Breaks Parole, Uncovers a Nazi Plot, Gives "Dame Post Office" Fits, and Tells His Own Story in Mail-Order Advertising Copy -- 1949-1952 : Times Square, Peggy Roth, Southern Gothic, Céline, and Nietzsche -- 1952-1957 : The Windsors, Winchell, Kefauver : Back to Lewisburg -- 1958-1974 : "It had been a Long Time since Someone Like You had Appeared in the World" : Roth Fulfills his Mission -- Appendix : Roth Imprints and Business Names.

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Biographies Biography Electronic books LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Publishi… Literature, Modern Literature, Modern -- Biography. -- 20t… Littérature -- Biographies. -- 20e sièc… Modernism (Literature) Modernism (Literature) -- United States Modernisme (Littérature) -- États-Unis Publishers and publishing Publishers and publishing -- Biography.… Roth, Samuel United States