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Samuel Roth, Infamous Modernist
Samuel Roth is known to most literary scholars as a bold literary "pirate" for issuing unauthorized editions of modernist sensations, including Ulysses and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. In the absence of an international copyright agreement and because works deemed obscene could not be copyrighted, what he did was not illegal. But it did violate the protocols of mutual fair dealing between publishers and authors. Those publications provoked an unprecedented international protest of writers, publishers, and intellectuals, who eventually vilified Roth on two continents. Roth was a man with an uncanny ability to recognize good contemporary writing and make it accessible to popular audiences. Ultimately, his dedication to the publication of these works broke down many of the censorship laws of the time, though he suffered greatly for his efforts. His story portrays a struggle with literary censorship in the mid-twentieth century while providing insights into how modernism was marketed in America.
Jews Must Live
Written by one of America's most famous Jewish pornographers, this work provides a shocking and insightful account of Jewish attitudes towards Gentiles.Samuel Roth first embraced Judaism and Zionism, but later blamed other Jews for his financial and legal troubles-which landed him in jail. He became so embittered with this treatment at the hands of his co-religionists that he wrote this book which he said exposed their underhanded dealings with the Gentile world.The engrossing narrative starts with the origin of Jewish behaviour, which Roth identifies as coming from the Old Testament/Talmud. Using specific examples (such as the Jewish patriarch Abraham's pimping of his wife Sarah to blackmai...
Jews Must Live
Written by one of America's most famous Jewish pornographers, this work provides a shocking and insightful account of Jewish attitudes towards Gentiles. Financially ruined and imprisoned because of swindles perpetrated by other Jews, Roth hit back by writing this book which he said exposed their underhanded dealings with the Gentile world.
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First Offering
Excerpt from First Offering: A Book of Sonnets and Lyrics When we first met you said there was so much To live for and so much to break away, It would be wise that we should, if we may, Go hand in hand. And so we did. And such Has been the triumph of the years, the clutch Of sunlight on the common, strident way We chose, and such the kindness of the day, All things, it seems, turned golden at our touch. And now to pick out words with which to show That what has come to pass was so much yours, The flash of mind, the geniality, The breadth of spirit and the human glow In which our star of fortune took its source Enough! Enough that it is deep in me! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publish...
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