The Olympia Reader

"The Olympia Reader reflects the history of a literary enterpirse that has profoundly influenced contemorary writing and culture...The old assumption that erotic stimulation is per se bad, the old standard based on what might be corrupting to a little girl, and the old acceptance of gigilante control over what we may and may not read...al of this, with the hypocrisy and self-righteousness that accompanied it, is fast disappearing... Many of the books on the Olympia list have come to be accepted as classics of curious but authentic art; others ('Tropic of Cancer," 'Fanny Hill', 'Candy') hav eplayed important roles in the enlightenment of our laws. No serious history of modern literature would be complete without the names of such Olympiac authors as Henry Miller, J. P. Donleavy, samuel Beckett, William Burroghs, Jean Genet and Vladimir Nabokov...." Eliot Fremont-Smith, The New York Times.....