Pornographers, Hacks, and Blackmailers in Interwar France

After the 1881 declaration of press freedom, France enjoyed a golden age of print, arguably up until the 1950s. This book shines a much-needed light on one of the key elements of France''s new literary age: that being the production of ''pornography'' of all kinds.

H.G. Cocks reveals how publishers and writers, both mainstream and clandestine, tried to cash in on the vogue for erotic literature wh...