| Description |
1 online resource (417 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. 1893-1916: From a Galician Shtetl to Columbia University; 2. 1917-1925: Prelude to an International Protest: A Rising, Pugnacious Man of Letters; 3. 1925-1927: ""Damn his Impertinence. Bloody Crook"": Roth Publishes Joyce; 4. 1928-1934: Roth Must Live: A Successful Business and its Bankruptcy; 5. 1934: Jews Must Live: ""We Meet our Destiny on the Road we take to Avoid it""; 6. 1934-1939: A Stretch in the Federal Penitentiary. |
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7. 1940-1949: Roth Breaks Parole, Uncovers a Nazi Plot, gives ""Dame Post Office"" Fits, and Tells his Own Story in Mail-Order Advertising Copy8. 1949-1952: Times Square, Peggy Roth, Southern Gothic, Céline, and Nietzsche; 9. 1952-1957: The Windsors, Winchell, Kefauver: Back to Lewisburg; 10. 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The first deeply researched and sustained biographical treatment of a man who has become recognized as a significant figure in American publishing, transatlantic modernism, and the development of obscenity law. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Roth, Samuel, 1893-1974.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Roth, Samuel, 1893-1974. |
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Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography.
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Publishers and publishing. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Modernism (Literature) -- United States.
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Modernism (Literature) |
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Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Literature, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gertzman, Jay A. Samuel Roth, Infamous Modernist. Florida : University Press of Florida, 2013 9780813045085 |
| ISBN |
9780813045085 (electronic book) |
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0813045088 (electronic book) |
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9780813044170 (alkaline paper) |
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0813044170 (alkaline paper) |
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