The writing of peregrine penis, over six hundred pages in length, was continually subsidized by larry mcmurtry. Legman identified farmer as the author and translator of a range of anonymous and pseudonymous pornographic texts published by carrington, including the autobiographical suburban souls 1901, the horn book 1901, and the modern eveline 1904. Gershon legman 19171999 was an american cultural critic and folklorist, best known for his books the rationale of the dirty joke 1968 and the horn book. The secret things everyone did or thought about doing, the desires people were afraid to acknowledge, legman was compelled to document and write about profusely. Huntington house publishers, 1990, pages 20 to 23 and 40. The uncensored life of gershon legman by susan davis 2019, trade paperback at the best online prices at ebay.
Nathan hurvitz, blacks and jews in american folklore, western folklore, 33 october, 1974, 3047. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Folklore studies in multicultural world ser dirty jokes and. As will become clear, gershon had reason to tell people his father had been a butcher, but emil failed in his ambition to be a kosher butcher. The origin and value of the archives of sexuality and.
Gershon legman american cultural critic and folklorist, best known for his books the rationale of the dirty joke 1968 and the horn book. An annotated field collection of songs from the american college student oral. What a vile, depraved, offensive, wonderful volume. While researching the topic of taboo humor i discovered, in the horn book by folklore and humor scholar gershon legman, his stark condemnation of folk story and joke collections with all the bawdy or objectionable material expunged, which he calls fakelore. Gershon legman, the horn book new york, 1964, 4867.
Jul 20, 20 in america gershon legmans the horn book. Erotic folklore is to be collected for the same reason that it is proliferated. Gender, urban culture, and the making of the gay male world, 18901940 1994, legman was a homosexual. Born in scranton, pennsylvania to emil and julia friedman legman, both of hungarianjewish descent. Gershon legman was a fascinating and eccentric individual of the 20th century, obsessed with sex but also determined to bring america out of its needlessly repressed ways. Gershon legman was an american cultural critic and folklorist, best known for his books the rationale of the dirty joke and the horn book. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography, the guilt. An excerpt from extraordinary adventures of mullah nasruddin. Gershon legman november 2, 1917 february 23, 1999 was an american cultural critic and folklorist, best known for his books the rationale of the dirty joke 1968 and the horn book. February 23, 1999 was an american cultural critic and folklorist, best known for his books the rationale of the dirty joke 1968 and the horn book. Gershon legman, who wrote the introduction to the latest reprinting of my. The limerick form was popularized by edward lear in his first book of nonsense 1845 and a later. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography university books, page 163. You can change region by clicking the flag in the toolbar.
Erotic folklore is to be collected for the same reason that it. A devotee of paperfolding, he put together a bibliography on. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography and oragenitalism, on oral sex. Folklore studies in multicultural world ser dirty jokes. Gershon legman was an american cultural critic and folklorist. The horn book studies in erotic folklore and bibliography by g. The templars and the worship of the generative powers. However, brottman 710 et passim holds that he was exclusively heterosexual, accounting for both the abandonment of his proposed volume on fellatio as well as, possibly and in some measure, for his contempt for alfred. First read this in the mid1970s, and i found it a revelation how much gershon legman could find to say about societies simply by looking at the dirty jokes they. Simply defined, a motif is a small narrative unit recurrent in folk literature. And also apparently a key contributor in bringing the origami fad to the western world. In his note in roll me in your arms, legman credits lloyd with discovering the real meaning of the title and the true original of the song.
This book contains essays on some of the most important motifs and archetypes found in folklore and literature throughout the world. Download secret songs of silence by peter buchan pdf epub fb2. Gershon legman project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Edwards department of english, university of victoria, p. Gershon legman the art and popular culture encyclopedia. Gershon wrote that his grandfather yomtov legman was a butcher from a long line of butchers, who were also horse traders selling to the various landowners and small nobility for centuries. Despite his obscurity today, legmans prescient work and passion for the prurient laid the groundwork for our contemporary study of the forbidden. Davis follows the life and times of the figure driven to share. Legman was perhaps the foremost scholar of the dirty joke, and as legions of humor writers and comedians know, his rationale of the dirty joke remains the most exhaustive and authoritative study.
Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography new york. Preface to extraordinary adventures, excerpt 1 mullah. Oragenitalism oral techniques in genital excitation book. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography by legman, g. Five hundred stories for the amusement of five hundred nations that comprise america new york, 1933, 98. Coming from an ethnically diverse family with strong oral and literary folklore traditions, i became well acquainted early on with the stories of the famous turkish folk character, mullah nasruddin. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography london, 1970, p. The book is keyed to stith thompsons motifindex of folk literature 193236. The ultimate kris kringle gift guide summer reading with booko. An annotated field collection of songs from the american college student oral tradition bloomington.
Dutel, bibliographie des ouvrages erotiques publies clandestinement en francais entre 1920 et 1970, 2005, n 1584. Oragenitalism oral techniques in genital excitation book by g. Legman to his readers, was a collector of the erotic, the obscene, and the banned. Canada v8w3w1 is one of the editors of volume 1 of the yale edition. Legman the horn book studies in erotic folklore and bibliography 1st edition. Gershon legman books list of books by author gershon legman.
Gershon legman was an american cultural critic and folkloris. Gershon legman, anthologist of erotic humor, is dead at 81. Gershon legman the horn book pp 258259 jonathan cape, london, 1970 legman 1964. Born in 1917 in scranton, pennsylvania, legman was the son of emil and julia friedman legman, both of hungarianjewish descent. The origin and value of the archives of sexuality and gender. Gerson was the eldest of the sons of levi, and the patriarchal founder of the gershonites, one of the four main divisions among the levit, levi ben gershon 128844, better known by his graecized name as gersonides, or by his. A study in censorship, the horn book and other works of deep scholarship and wit. The title peregrine penis of gershon legmans yetunpublished autobiography was a sobriquet bestowed on him by his girlfriend louise beka doherty, on account of the fact that he used to travel to meet her in strange places. Gershon legman, who compiled the largest and most scholarly anthology, held that the true limerick. Legmans autobiography of innocence by g legman book. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography was a collection of assorted writings from the 1950s and 1960s. Oct 23, 2011 among legman s other books and pamphlets that broke new ground in anthropology studies were on the cause of homosexuality 1950, the limerick 1953, the horn book 1964, the guild of the.
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