Modernism and the law / Robert Spoo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spoo, Robert E., author.

Series:

New modernisms series (Bloomsbury (Firm))

New modernisms series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Censorship.

Copyright.

Culture and law.

Extortion.

Libel and slander.

Modernism (Christian theology).

Obscenity (Law).

Pornography in literature.

Publicity (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

Summary:

"Exploring critical legal issues and cases of the period--from Oscar Wilde's prosecution for gross indecency to legal bans on such publications as D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness, and James Joyce's Ulysses--Modernism and the Law is the first book to survey the legal contexts of transatlantic Anglo-American modernist culture. Written by one of the leading authorities on the subject, the book covers such topics as: 1) Obscenity laws and censorship; 2) Copyrights, moral rights, and the public domain; 3) Patronage and literary piracy; 4) Privacy, defamation, publicity, and blackmail. Including an annotated list of relevant statutes, treaties, and cases, this is an essential read for scholars and students coming to the subject for the first time as well as for experienced scholars."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Oscar Wilde, man of law

Obscenity and censorship

Copyright, patronage, and courtesy

Privacy, publicity, defamation, and blackmail

Ezra Pound, man of war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781474275828

1474275826

9781474275842

1474275842

9781474275835

1474275834

OCLC:

1013519130