{"product_id":"dirty-books-erotic-fiction-and-the-avant-garde-in-mid-century-paris-and-new-york-hardcover","title":"Dirty Books: Erotic Fiction and the Avant-Garde in Mid-Century Paris and New York - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Reay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNina Attwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1930s to the 1970s, in New York and in Paris, daring publishers and writers were producing banned pornographic literature. The books were written by young, impecunious writers, poets, and artists, many anonymously. Most of these pornographers wrote to survive, but some also relished the freedom to experiment that anonymity provided - men writing as women, and women writing as men - and some (Ana? Nin, Henry Miller) went on to become influential figures in modernist literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDirty books tells the stories of these authors and their remarkable publishers: Jack Kahane of Obelisk Press and his son Maurice Girodias of Olympia Press, whose catalogue and repertoire anticipated that of the more famous US publisher Grove Press. It offers a humorous and vivid snapshot of a fascinating moment in pornographic and literary history, uncovering a hidden, earlier history of the sexual revolution, when the profits made from erotica helped launch the careers of literary cult figures.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1930s to the 1970s, in New York and in Paris, daring publishers and writers were producing banned pornographic literature. The books were written by young, impecunious writers, poets, and artists, many anonymously. Most of these pornographers wrote to survive, but some also relished the freedom to experiment that anonymity provided - men writing as women, and women writing as men - and some (Ana? Nin, Henry Miller) went on to become influential figures in modernist literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDirty books tells the stories of these authors and their remarkable publishers: Jack Kahane of Obelisk Press and his son Maurice Girodias of Olympia Press, whose catalogue and repertoire anticipated that of the more famous US publisher Grove Press. It offers a humorous and vivid snapshot of a fascinating moment in pornographic and literary history, uncovering a hidden, earlier history of the sexual revolution, when the profits made from erotica helped launch the careers of literary cult figures.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNina Attwood is the author of The Prostitute's Body: Rewriting Prostitution in Victorian England (2011) and a co-author of Sex Addiction: A Critical History (2015) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarry Reay's most recent books include Sex in the Archives (2019) and Trans America (2020)\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765271658784,"sku":"9781526159243","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9def9af575812cb5dc1feddf2393e139.webp?v=1780265632","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dirty-books-erotic-fiction-and-the-avant-garde-in-mid-century-paris-and-new-york-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}