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ISBN-10
1934170607
ISBN-13
9781934170601
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212758033
Product Key Features
Book Title
Priestess of Morphine : the Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine in the Time of Nazis
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Women Authors, Europe / Germany, European / French, Women's Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Literary Collections, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
37.7 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7.5 in
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Trade
Table Of Content
Contents Frontispiece ii Preface 1 Historical Notes 5 Introduction 17 Reader's Guide 42 Translator's Note 43 Opus with Erotica 45 BEFORE MORPHINE Poems, Scenes & Songs from... Auf Kypros (On Cyprus) Opus with Morphium 87 ON MORPHINE Morphine Stories 93 Das Stigma, Novella Fulfillment, Novella Panther Kitten, Novel The Primitive, Novella Tales of Personal Use 137 Morphium, Novella Priestess of Intoxication, Novella Poems 177 Taumel, Poems Contents 183 Requiem for a Modern Poet 299 BEYOND MORPHINE Poems & Scenes for the Deathbed List of Illustrations 319 Appendix 333 EXTRA! EXTRA! Supplemental Images, or Tumbling During the Time of Morphine 375 Acknowledgments 389
Synopsis
Here are the erotic writings of a Jewish lesbian who met fame in Germany before and during the Nazi era., Marie-Madeleine was a German Jew, lesbian poet and novelist whose eroticism and love for morphine was revealed in many of her shocking, sensational, and bestselling books of the early twentieth century. Born Gertrud G nther, and starting at age 15 she wrote over 46 books until 1932 when Nazis condemned her work as degenerate. In 1943 she entered a sanatorium for morphine addiction where she died a mysterious death while under the care of Nazis doctors. Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine contains many of this fascinating woman's works, translated for the first time into English, and also contains Stephen J. Gertz's Foreword explaining why Marie-Madeleine has become a rediscovered heroine of lesbian and drug literature. Fascinating images from Marie-Madeleine's lost literature and career supplement this volume. Editor Ronald K. Siegel is known for his classics in drug literature, including Intoxication: Life in Pursuit of Artificial Paradise and Whispers: The Voices of Paranoia., Marie-Madeleine was a German Jew, lesbian poet and novelist whose eroticism and love for morphine was revealed in many of her shocking, sensational, and bestselling books of the early twentieth century. Born Gertrud Gunther, and starting at age 15 she wrote over 46 books until 1932 when Nazis condemned her work as degenerate. In 1943 she entered a sanatorium for morphine addiction where she died a mysterious death while under the care of Nazis doctors. Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine contains many of this fascinating woman's works, translated for the first time into English, and also contains Stephen J. Gertz's Foreword explaining why Marie-Madeleine has become a rediscovered heroine of lesbian and drug literature. Fascinating images from Marie-Madeleine's lost literature and career supplement this volume. Editor Ronald K. Siegel is known for his classics in drug literature, including Intoxication: Life in Pursuit of Artificial Paradise and Whispers: The Voices of Paranoia., Marie-Madeleine was a German Jew, lesbian poet and novelist whose eroticism and love for morphine was revealed in many of her shocking, sensational, and bestselling books of the early twentieth century. Born Gertrud Günther, and starting at age 15 she wrote over 46 books until 1932 when Nazis condemned her work as degenerate. In 1943 she entered a sanatorium for morphine addiction where she died a mysterious death while under the care of Nazis doctors. Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine contains many of this fascinating woman's works, translated for the first time into English, and also contains Stephen J. Gertz's Foreword explaining why Marie-Madeleine has become a rediscovered heroine of lesbian and drug literature. Fascinating images from Marie-Madeleine's lost literature and career supplement this volume. Editor Ronald K. Siegel is known for his classics in drug literature, including Intoxication: Life in Pursuit of Artificial Paradise and Whispers: The Voices of Paranoia.
LC Classification Number
PT2625
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