Filthy Material - Modernism and the Media of Obscenity

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.

About the author

Chris Forster is Assistant Professor of English at Syracuse University

Summary

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.

Additional text

Highly Recommended.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Forster, Chris (Assistant Professor of English Forster
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780190840860
• ISBN: 978-0-19-084086-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Film Theory & Criticism, Ethical Issues: Pornography & Obscenity, Film history, theory or criticism