Jurgen And The Law
Book details
- Title
- Jurgen And The Law
- Author
- Guy Holt
- Publication year listed
- 1922
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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- Free online reader; no registration required
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About this book
Jurgen And The Law
Author: Guy Holt
Year: 1922
Jurgen and the Law A Statement With Exhibits, including the Court's Opinion, and the Brief for the Defendants on Motion to Direct an Acquittal Edited by Guy Holt copyright 1922 Copy Number 675 out of one thousand for sale Guy Holt (1892-1934) was an editor and publisher who, in his early years, helped launch the careers of writers such as James Branch Cabell (1879 – 1958, an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Branch_Cabell ]) and Robert Nathan. Holt is best remembered for his impact on the career of James Branch Cabell, whose books he helped publish at James M. McBride. Holt played an important role in the 1920 censorship case against Cabell’s Jurgen (A Comedy of Justice [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurgen,_A_Comedy_of_Justice ]), the 1919 novel that created a sensation when it was accused of being “offensive, lewd, lascivious and indecent” by John S. Sumner of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (an institution dedicated to supervising the morality of the public, founded in 1873 [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Society_for_the_Suppression_of_Vice ]), who wanted the book legally ce