Dirty Jokes and Bawdy Songs

Collector of sexual folklore. Cataloger of erotica. Tireless social critic. Gershon Legman''s singular, disreputable resume made him a counter-cultural touchstone during his forty-year exile in France. Despite his obscurity today, Legman’s prescient work and passion for the prurient laid the groundwork for our contemporary study of the forbidden.Susan G. Davis follows the life and times of the fig...