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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100190840870

ISBN-139780190840877

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

Publication NameFilthy Material : Modernism and the Media of Obscenity

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

SubjectMedia Studies, General, Popular Culture, Semiotics & Theory, Film / History & Criticism, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Law, Performing Arts, Social Science

AuthorChris Forster

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight12.6 Oz

Item Length6.1 in

Item Width9.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2018-008303

Reviews"Enlivens our understanding of modernist literature and culture and why the meaning of obscenity is both central to and utterly changed by the media of the period." -- Modernism/modernity "Today, when the content of what people say is so often less important than who hears it and what effect it has, Forster's book illuminates the pre-history of our own media bubble. It also reminds us that reading is a public act as much as a private habit, one that can have real-world effects." -- Sophie Oliver, Times Literary Supplement "Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE "In Filthy Material, Forster urges us to see the legal, social, and policy controversies around obscenity as proxies for the ever-changing social process of reading and the nature of literature itself. Bringing together ideas from law, literature, visual art, film and much more, this innovative and deftly written book asks us to see modernism not as a foreclosed literary period, but as the herald of our own media-saturated world. In the process, he reveals that the ever-shifting concept of obscenity still secretly shapes our basic definitions of literature and art."--Sean Latham, Walter Endowed Chair of English, University of Tulsa, "In Filthy Material, Forster urges us to see the legal, social, and policy controversies around obscenity as proxies for the ever-changing social process of reading and the nature of literature itself. Bringing together ideas from law, literature, visual art, film and much more, this innovative and deftly written book asks us to see modernism not as a foreclosed literary period, but as the herald of our own media-saturated world. In the process, he reveals that the ever-shifting concept of obscenity still secretly shapes our basic definitions of literature and art."--Sean Latham, Walter Endowed Chair of English, University of Tulsa, "Enlivens our understanding of modernist literature and culture and why the meaning of obscenity is both central to and utterly changed by the media of the period." -- Allison Pease, Modernism/modernity"Enlivens our understanding of modernist literature and culture and why the meaning of obscenity is both central to and utterly changed by the media of the period." -- Modernism/modernity"Today, when the content of what people say is so often less important than who hears it and what effect it has, Forster's book illuminates the pre-history of our own media bubble. It also reminds us that reading is a public act as much as a private habit, one that can have real-world effects." -- Sophie Oliver, Times Literary Supplement"Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE"In Filthy Material, Forster urges us to see the legal, social, and policy controversies around obscenity as proxies for the ever-changing social process of reading and the nature of literature itself. Bringing together ideas from law, literature, visual art, film and much more, this innovative and deftly written book asks us to see modernism not as a foreclosed literary period, but as the herald of our own media-saturated world. In the process, hereveals that the ever-shifting concept of obscenity still secretly shapes our basic definitions of literature and art."--Sean Latham, Walter Endowed Chair of English, University of Tulsa, "Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE "In Filthy Material, Forster urges us to see the legal, social, and policy controversies around obscenity as proxies for the ever-changing social process of reading and the nature of literature itself. Bringing together ideas from law, literature, visual art, film and much more, this innovative and deftly written book asks us to see modernism not as a foreclosed literary period, but as the herald of our own media-saturated world. In the process, he reveals that the ever-shifting concept of obscenity still secretly shapes our basic definitions of literature and art."--Sean Latham, Walter Endowed Chair of English, University of Tulsa, "Enlivens our understanding of modernist literature and culture and why the meaning of obscenity is both central to and utterly changed by the media of the period." -- Allison Pease, Modernism/modernity "Enlivens our understanding of modernist literature and culture and why the meaning of obscenity is both central to and utterly changed by the media of the period." -- Modernism/modernity "Today, when the content of what people say is so often less important than who hears it and what effect it has, Forster's book illuminates the pre-history of our own media bubble. It also reminds us that reading is a public act as much as a private habit, one that can have real-world effects." -- Sophie Oliver, Times Literary Supplement "Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE "In Filthy Material, Forster urges us to see the legal, social, and policy controversies around obscenity as proxies for the ever-changing social process of reading and the nature of literature itself. Bringing together ideas from law, literature, visual art, film and much more, this innovative and deftly written book asks us to see modernism not as a foreclosed literary period, but as the herald of our own media-saturated world. In the process, he reveals that the ever-shifting concept of obscenity still secretly shapes our basic definitions of literature and art."--Sean Latham, Walter Endowed Chair of English, University of Tulsa, "Today, when the content of what people say is so often less important than who hears it and what effect it has, Forster's book illuminates the pre-history of our own media bubble. It also reminds us that reading is a public act as much as a private habit, one that can have real-world effects." -- Sophie Oliver, Times Literary Supplement "Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE "In Filthy Material, Forster urges us to see the legal, social, and policy controversies around obscenity as proxies for the ever-changing social process of reading and the nature of literature itself. Bringing together ideas from law, literature, visual art, film and much more, this innovative and deftly written book asks us to see modernism not as a foreclosed literary period, but as the herald of our own media-saturated world. In the process, he reveals that the ever-shifting concept of obscenity still secretly shapes our basic definitions of literature and art."--Sean Latham, Walter Endowed Chair of English, University of Tulsa, "Enlivens our understanding of modernist literature and culture and why the meaning of obscenity is both central to and utterly changed by the media of the period." -- Allison Pease, Modernism/modernity "Enlivens our understanding of modernist literature and culture and why the meaning of obscenity is both central to and utterly changed by the media of the period." -- Modernism/modernity "Today, when the content of what people say is so often less important than who hears it and what effect it has, Forster's book illuminates the pre-history of our own media bubble. It also reminds us that reading is a public act as much as a private habit, one that can have real-world effects." -- Sophie Oliver, Times Literary Supplement "Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE"In Filthy Material, Forster urges us to see the legal, social, and policy controversies around obscenity as proxies for the ever-changing social process of reading and the nature of literature itself. Bringing together ideas from law, literature, visual art, film and much more, this innovative and deftly written book asks us to see modernism not as a foreclosed literary period, but as the herald of our own media-saturated world. In the process, he reveals that the ever-shifting concept of obscenity still secretly shapes our basic definitions of literature and art."--Sean Latham, Walter Endowed Chair of English, University of Tulsa

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal820.93538

Table Of ContentAcknowledgmentsPreface. End of ObscenityIntroduction. Modernism and the Media History of ObscenityChapter 1. The Pornometric Gospel: Wyndham Lewis, Walter Sickert, and the Collapse of the Ideology the NudeChapter 2. Skirmishing with Jolly Roger: D. H. Lawrence and the Obscenity of Book PiracyChapter 3. Very Serious Books: The Circulation and Censorship of The Well of Loneliness and Sleeveless ErrandChapter 4. Obscenity and the Voice: Eliot's BawdryChapter 5. Materializing Ulysses: Obscenity and the Work of Print in the Age of FilmCoda. The Next Lawrence or Joyce-The Obelisk and Olympia PresseIndex

SynopsisModernist literature is inextricable from the history of obscenity. The trials of figures like James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Radclyffe Hall loom large in accounts twentieth century literature. Filthy Material: Modernism and The Media of Obscenity reveals the ways that debates about obscenity and literature were shaped by changes in the history of media. Judgments about obscenity, which hinged on understanding how texts were circulated and read, wereoften proxies for the changing place of literature in an age of new technological media. The emergence of film, photography, and new printing technologies shaped how literary value was understood, altering howobscenity was defined and which texts were considered obscene. Filthy Material rereads the history of obscenity in order to discover a history of technological media behind debates about moral corruption and sexual explicitness. The shift from the intense censorship of the early twentieth century to the effective 'end of obscenity' for literature at the middle of the century, it argues, is not simply a product of cultural liberalization but of a changing mediaecology.Filthy Material brings together media theory and archival research to offer a fresh account of modernist obscenity and novel readings of works of modernist literature. It sheds new light on figures at thecenter of modernism's obscenity trials (such as Joyce and Lawrence), demonstrates the relevance of the discourse obscenity to understanding figures not typically associated with obscenity debates (like T. S. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis), and introduces new figures to our account of modernism (like Norah James and Jack Kahane). It reveals how modernist obscenity reflected a contest over the literary in the face of new media technologies., Modernist literature is inextricable from the history of obscenity. The trials of figures like James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Radclyffe Hall loom large in accounts twentieth century literature. Filthy Material: Modernism and The Media of Obscenity reveals the ways that debates about obscenity and literature were shaped by changes in the history of media. Judgments about obscenity, which hinged on understanding how texts were circulated and read, were often proxies for the changing place of literature in an age of new technological media. The emergence of film, photography, and new printing technologies shaped how literary value was understood, altering how obscenity was defined and which texts were considered obscene. Filthy Material rereads the history of obscenity in order to discover a history of technological media behind debates about moral corruption and sexual explicitness. The shift from the intense censorship of the early twentieth century to the effective 'end of obscenity' for literature at the middle of the century, it argues, is not simply a product of cultural liberalization but of a changing media ecology.Filthy Material brings together media theory and archival research to offer a fresh account of modernist obscenity and novel readings of works of modernist literature. It sheds new light on figures at the center of modernism's obscenity trials (such as Joyce and Lawrence), demonstrates the relevance of the discourse obscenity to understanding figures not typically associated with obscenity debates (like T. S. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis), and introduces new figures to our account of modernism (like Norah James and Jack Kahane). It reveals how modernist obscenity reflected a contest over the literary in the face of new media technologies., Filthy Material brings together media theory, close reading, and archival research to offer a fresh account of modernist obscenity. Examining the major figures of modernist obscenity trials like James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Radclyffe Hall, Filthy Material reveals the ways that twentieth-century obscenity was shaped by changes in the history of media., Modernist literature is inextricable from the history of obscenity. The trials of figures like James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Radclyffe Hall loom large in accounts twentieth century literature. Filthy Material: Modernism and The Media of Obscenity reveals the ways that debates about obscenity and literature were shaped by changes in the history of media. Judgments about obscenity, which hinged on understanding how texts were circulated and read, were often proxies for the changing place of literature in an age of new technological media. The emergence of film, photography, and new printing technologies shaped how literary value was understood, altering how obscenity was defined and which texts were considered obscene. Filthy Material rereads the history of obscenity in order to discover a history of technological media behind debates about moral corruption and sexual explicitness. The shift from the intense censorship of the early twentieth century to the effective 'end of obscenity' for literature at the middle of the century, it argues, is not simply a product of cultural liberalization but of a changing media ecology. Filthy Material brings together media theory and archival research to offer a fresh account of modernist obscenity and novel readings of works of modernist literature. It sheds new light on figures at the center of modernism's obscenity trials (such as Joyce and Lawrence), demonstrates the relevance of the discourse obscenity to understanding figures not typically associated with obscenity debates (like T. S. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis), and introduces new figures to our account of modernism (like Norah James and Jack Kahane). It reveals how modernist obscenity reflected a contest over the literary in the face of new media technologies.

LC Classification NumberPR888.C45F67 2018