The startling discovery is that kinseys research turns out to be a house of cards resting on dishonest research, fraud, and outright lies. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography new york. Gershon legman is a folklorist and wrote andor collected the limerick, the horn book, and no laughing matter an analysis of sexual humor. The horn book is a kind of apologia of erotica with longish articles on erotic collections and folklore, including bawdy ballads, the limerick, and the formation of a motif index for this type of work. The full set of neurotica was reprinted in one volume by hacker art books, new york, in 1963. See all books authored by gershon legman, including the limerick, and more. Horn book hardcover july 23 1970 by gershon legman author see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive. This copy is signed by legman on the front free endpaper. There is an addition an unsigned, singlecolumn magazine clipping regarding legman s the horn book, a prospectus, addressed from legman s ny home, for king turd, a translation he did with his wife of alfred jarrys ubu plays, and a clipping from what appears to be a mimeographed booksellers catalogue offering for sale a copy of two essays on.
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. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography was a collection of assorted writings from the 1950s and 1960s. Gershon legman \s singular, disreputable resume made him a countercultural touchstone during his fortyyear exile in france. Some personal reflections on the origin and value of the. A reporter whose job is to gather information at the scene of an event or from various news sources. G legmans the limerick a collection of 1700 limericks addeddate 20161217 00. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Among legmans 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. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit. An excerpt from extraordinary adventures of mullah nasruddin.
But the book will remain impervious in all its pocked dignity, authenticity and embattled romanticism. Legman was born in scranton, pennsylvania to emil and julia friedman legman, both of hungarianjewish descent. Gershon legman was an american cultural critic and folklorist. Gershon legman, anthologist of erotic humor, is dead at 81 the. Gershon legman, anthologist of erotic humor, is dead at 81. Gershon legman, ne le 2 novembre 1917 a scranton en pennsylvanie et mort le 23 fevrier.
The limerick by gershon legman 19910911 by gershon legman jan 1 1774. First up to speak was a wildhaired, walrusmustachioed literary tramp and eccentric named george alexander called gershon legman 191799, a social and cultural critic with a freudian viewpoint. Legman to his readers, was a collector of the erotic, the obscene, and the banned. Archaic spelling of penultimate 1942, tromso museums skrifter universitetsforlaget, volume 3, page 454 pereiopods 5 7 slender, with slender, drepaniform fingers, and with the p. 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. 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. Born in 1917 in scranton, pennsylvania, legman was the son of emil and julia friedman legman, both of hungarianjewish descent. Gershon legmans singular, disreputable resume made him a countercultural touchstone during his fortyyear exile in.
Despite his obscurity today, legmans prescient work and passion for the prurient laid the groundwork for our contemporary study of the forbidden. Now that fifty years has passed, what are we to make of this social experiment in sexual liberation. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Gershon legman november 2, 1917 february 23, 1999 was an. Gershon legman has 21 books on goodreads with 1105 ratings. Gershon legman, author of the limerick, on librarything. Gershon legman died february 23, 1999 in his adopted home country, france, after several years of debility, and a week after suffering a massive stroke. 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.
Gender, urban culture, and the making of the gay male world, 18901940 1994, legman was a homosexual. 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. An assistant who performs tasks such as gathering information or running errands, especially outside the workplace. The book analyzes more than 2000 jokes and folk tales in terms of social, psychological, and historical significance. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography and oragenitalism, on oral sex. Where only one copy of a specific edition is given location in the present bibliography, at the end of the description and after an opening bracket. A combination of hornbook and typewriter researchgate. 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. But it is impossible to doubt his exacting standards of scholarship after reading the horn book.
A devotee of paperfolding, he put together a bibliography on. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography university books, page 163 whether the manuscripts were original or simply copies, the last half of the statement is certainly true, since this edition first prints a version of. Gershon legman the art and popular culture encyclopedia. Gershon legmans singular, disreputable resume made him a countercultural touchstone during his fortyyear exile in france. Gershon legman, selftaught scholar of dirty jokes and bawdy.
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 legmans singular, disreputable resume made him a countercultural touc. Studies in erotic folklore and bibliography university books, 1964 a selection of legmans papers reflecting years of exploration in the restricted collections of research libraries. The horn book, studies in erotic folklore and bibliography, new york, university books, 1964 isbn. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Legman s sexuality according to george chauncey s book gay new york. An analysis of sexual humor is a book by american social critic and folklorist gershon legman. An extended study of the types and general themes of these apocryphal merry muses songs will be found in the horn book 1964 by g. Legman definition of legman by the free dictionary. A symposium was held on march 19, 1948, by the association for the advancement of psychotherapy on the psychopathology of comic books with frederick wertham, m.
Its pretty esoteric, but legman is an interesting writer and, needless to say, knows his subject well. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Gershon legman your amazon recommendations jahsonic early adopter products. 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. Gershon legman 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. Mar 14, 1999 but the book will remain impervious in all its pocked dignity, authenticity and embattled romanticism. Many cultural observers consider alfred kinsey the father of the sexual revolution the 1960s social tsunami that changed the way we thought about sex. Publication date 1969 topics limerick collection opensource language english.