The first honest and really complete story of ''one of those men.'' What THE WELL OF LONELINESS d... more The first honest and really complete story of ''one of those men.'' What THE WELL OF LONELINESS did for the man-woman, this most unusual tale does for the woman-man-only that the latter is a so much more wayward and more fascinating creature. This is how an early gay classic was blurbed in advertisements and dust jacket flap by Samuel Roth, its first publisher, in 1933. A Scarlet Pansy, by Robert Scully (possibly a pseudonym), is a skillful and mature American novel, sensationseeking packaging and all. Part of Ch. 19 is anthologized in The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature (1998), which also reproduces the book's frontispiece. The subtlety of ''Scully's'' observations are those of one well acquainted with modernist writing styles. Hugh Hagius makes a strong case for the author being the poet, short story writer, and chronicler of the European literary scene in the 1920s, Robert McAlmon, who knew and published writers such as Hemingway, Pound, Joyce, William Carlos Williams, and Katherine Anne Porter. Information newly found in the papers of Samuel Roth helps evaluate Hagius' claim. 1 That archive also reveals Roth's distribution tactics for the book. That a book like A Scarlet Pansy could be displayed and sold openly to the gay underground in 1933 as well as a general reading public for titillating and prurient novels is especially remarkable.
Preface The First Edition and Its Authorized Impressions Piracies, 1928-50 The "Third Editio... more Preface The First Edition and Its Authorized Impressions Piracies, 1928-50 The "Third Edition" The Authorized Abridged Edition, 1932-68 Continental Editions in English, 1933-60 Post-Censorship U.S. Editions, 1959-88 Post-Censorship British Editions, 1960-88 The First Lady Chatterley, 1944-88 John Thomas and Lady Jane, 1972-88 Appendix I: Dramatizations, Parodies, and Sequels, 1931-86 Appendix II: Chronological Table of Dates of Publication Appendix III: Some Well-Known Editions and their Reference Numbers Appendix IV: The William Faro Imprint Appendix V: A Collation of "The Samuel Roth Edition" and the "Authorized Edition" with the Orioli Edition: Ch 10 Works Cited Index(To the Introductory Essays)
Robert Herrick (1591 1674) achieved fame only in the nineteenth century. The book features approx... more Robert Herrick (1591 1674) achieved fame only in the nineteenth century. The book features approximately fifty reproductions of illustrations of Hesperides."
... to him ". (2) " About the same time also . . . he did the like several times at Whi... more ... to him ". (2) " About the same time also . . . he did the like several times at Whitehall, in the presence of his Matie, His Highness Prince Rupert & divers others of the Nobility", Mr. Oldenburg, editor of the Philos. Transact., wrote ...
... Before becoming a disreputable publisher, Roth had attained stature as a rising man of letter... more ... Before becoming a disreputable publisher, Roth had attained stature as a rising man of letters in New York. George Sylvester Viereck, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Aleister Crowley, John Reed, Frank Harris, Mina Loy, and Charles Reznikoff were all friends and admirers. ...
The first honest and really complete story of ''one of those men.'' What THE WELL OF LONELINESS d... more The first honest and really complete story of ''one of those men.'' What THE WELL OF LONELINESS did for the man-woman, this most unusual tale does for the woman-man-only that the latter is a so much more wayward and more fascinating creature. This is how an early gay classic was blurbed in advertisements and dust jacket flap by Samuel Roth, its first publisher, in 1933. A Scarlet Pansy, by Robert Scully (possibly a pseudonym), is a skillful and mature American novel, sensationseeking packaging and all. Part of Ch. 19 is anthologized in The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature (1998), which also reproduces the book's frontispiece. The subtlety of ''Scully's'' observations are those of one well acquainted with modernist writing styles. Hugh Hagius makes a strong case for the author being the poet, short story writer, and chronicler of the European literary scene in the 1920s, Robert McAlmon, who knew and published writers such as Hemingway, Pound, Joyce, William Carlos Williams, and Katherine Anne Porter. Information newly found in the papers of Samuel Roth helps evaluate Hagius' claim. 1 That archive also reveals Roth's distribution tactics for the book. That a book like A Scarlet Pansy could be displayed and sold openly to the gay underground in 1933 as well as a general reading public for titillating and prurient novels is especially remarkable.
Preface The First Edition and Its Authorized Impressions Piracies, 1928-50 The "Third Editio... more Preface The First Edition and Its Authorized Impressions Piracies, 1928-50 The "Third Edition" The Authorized Abridged Edition, 1932-68 Continental Editions in English, 1933-60 Post-Censorship U.S. Editions, 1959-88 Post-Censorship British Editions, 1960-88 The First Lady Chatterley, 1944-88 John Thomas and Lady Jane, 1972-88 Appendix I: Dramatizations, Parodies, and Sequels, 1931-86 Appendix II: Chronological Table of Dates of Publication Appendix III: Some Well-Known Editions and their Reference Numbers Appendix IV: The William Faro Imprint Appendix V: A Collation of "The Samuel Roth Edition" and the "Authorized Edition" with the Orioli Edition: Ch 10 Works Cited Index(To the Introductory Essays)
Robert Herrick (1591 1674) achieved fame only in the nineteenth century. The book features approx... more Robert Herrick (1591 1674) achieved fame only in the nineteenth century. The book features approximately fifty reproductions of illustrations of Hesperides."
... to him ". (2) " About the same time also . . . he did the like several times at Whi... more ... to him ". (2) " About the same time also . . . he did the like several times at Whitehall, in the presence of his Matie, His Highness Prince Rupert & divers others of the Nobility", Mr. Oldenburg, editor of the Philos. Transact., wrote ...
... Before becoming a disreputable publisher, Roth had attained stature as a rising man of letter... more ... Before becoming a disreputable publisher, Roth had attained stature as a rising man of letters in New York. George Sylvester Viereck, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Aleister Crowley, John Reed, Frank Harris, Mina Loy, and Charles Reznikoff were all friends and admirers. ...
Denis Johnson's _Angels_ has many elements of the 20th century pulp crime novels. But the story h... more Denis Johnson's _Angels_ has many elements of the 20th century pulp crime novels. But the story has another dimension than the social injustices that urban poverty confronts. Johnson suggests that as death looms, the designated scapegoat can either pump up the fury within himself or conquer it. His protagonist rises above any moral consensus .
Denis Johnson's _Angels_ is a 21st century country noir novel that uses the conventions of 20th c... more Denis Johnson's _Angels_ is a 21st century country noir novel that uses the conventions of 20th century pulp noir to suggest what that mass market genre could not do. _Angels_ is not about acceptance of guilt or impersonal fate. Nor is it an example of heroic but failed struggle against poverty and social injustice. It is about recognition of the purity of suffering and the irrelevance of objective judgements based on any cultural moral consensus.
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