u003cpu003eExploring critical legal issues and cases of the period-from Oscar Wilde's prosecution for gross indecency to legal bans on such publications as D.H. Lawrence's u003ciu003eLady Chatterley's Loveru003c/iu003e, Radclyffe Hall's u003ciu003eThe Well of Lonelinessu003c/iu003e, and James Joyce's u003ciu003eUlysses-Modernism and the Law u003c/iu003eis the first book to survey the legal contexts of transatlantic Anglo-American modernist culture. Written by one of the leading authorities on the subject, the book covers such topics as:u003c/pu003eu003cpu003e · Obscenity laws and censorshipu003cbru003e · Copyrights, moral rights, and the public domainu003cbru003e · Patronage and literary piracyu003cbru003e · Privacy, defamation, publicity, and blackmailu003c/pu003eu003cpu003e Including an annotated list of relevant statutes, treaties, and cases, this is an essential read for scholars and students coming to the subject for the first time as well as for experienced scholars.u003c/pu003e