Samuel Roth, Infamous Modernist

Samuel Roth, Infamous Modernist / Jay A. Gertzman.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gertzman, Jay A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Florida : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Subjects:
Roth, Samuel, > 1893-1974.
Roth, Samuel, > 1893-1974
1900-1999
Publishers and publishing > United States > Biography.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > Biography.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
Literature, Modern
Modernism (Literature)
Publishers and publishing
United States
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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