Dirty books : erotic fiction and the avant-garde in mid-century Paris and New York

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Reay, Barry, author

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"Between the 1930s and the 50s, in New York and in Paris, daring publishers such as Obelisk Press, Olympia Press and Grove Press were producing banned pornographic literature, written by young, imp...

"Between the 1930s and the 50s, in New York and in Paris, daring publishers such as Obelisk Press, Olympia Press and Grove Press were producing banned pornographic literature, written by young, impecunious writers, poets, and artists, many anonymously. This book tells their stories, and the stories of publishers, who distributed pornography to satisfy the rising demands of a society starved of erotic fantasy. It offers a fascinating moment in pornographic history, where artistic expression broke free, crisscrossing boundaries of acceptability, and the profits made from erotica helped launch the careers of literary cult figures." --

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