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Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine in the Time of Nazis Paperback – April 5, 2016

by Marie Madeleine (Author), Ronald K. Siegel (Editor), Eric A. Bye (Translator)
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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Marie-Madeleine was a German Jew, lesbian poet and novelist whose eroticism and love for morphine was revealed in many of her shocking, sensational, and bestselling books of the early twentieth century. Born Gertrud Günther, and starting at age 15 she wrote over 46 books until 1932 when Nazis condemned her work as degenerate. In 1943 she entered a sanatorium for morphine addiction where she died a mysterious death while under the care of Nazis doctors.

Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine contains many of this fascinating woman's works, translated for the first time into English, and also contains Stephen J. Gertz's Foreword explaining why Marie-Madeleine has become a rediscovered heroine of lesbian and drug literature. Fascinating images from Marie-Madeleine's lost literature and career supplement this volume.

Editor Ronald K. Siegel is known for his classics in drug literature, including Intoxication: Life in Pursuit of Artificial Paradise and Whispers: The Voices of Paranoia.

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    English
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    April 5, 2016
  5. Dimensions
    7 x 1 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1934170607
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1934170601
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Marie Madeleine: aka Baronness Von Puttkamer, 1881-1944. In her time, under the name of Marie Madeleine, she established a name for herself as a writer of unusually lyrical, stunningly sensual, shockingly erotic and hotly passionate poetry and prose. She enjoyed immense popularity during her lifetime, and her books were published in the thousands. But because she was considered a degenerate by the Nazis, most of them were destroyed. Despite the obvious threat to her work and even her personal safety, she continued writing in defiance of the Nazi mores.

 Ronald K. Siegel, Ph.D, [Preface, Historical Notes, Introduction]
Dr. Siegel is a psychopharmacologist and former research professor at UCLA School of Medicine, author of several books including the acclaimed Intoxication, numerous journal articles based on translations of lost and forgotten works in drug literature, and currently curator of the RKS Library of Drug Literature holding the world’s largest collection of Marie-Madeleine’s work.

Eric A. Bye, M.A. Bye has translated over 100 nonfiction books (French, German, Spanish) and is the first to translate Marie-Madeleine’s lost work from both Fraktur (Old German blackletter typeface) and Sütterlin-Schrift (Old German handwriting) to English.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Process; First Edition (April 5, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1934170607
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934170601
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.38 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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3.9 out of 5 stars
3.9 out of 5
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A superficial and vapid edition
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A superficial and vapid edition
This book does not contain full novellas or prose writings by M.M. - It only contains excerpts and summaries by the translator. The book is littered with random images that don't illustrate anything. They only distract from the lack of content. Rather than let the author's words stand front and center, the editor and translator have festooned them with a bunch of needless garbage. Utter disappointment.
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Silvia Antonucci
5.0 out of 5 stars Tutto benissimo!
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Susan Emanuel
4.0 out of 5 stars "Everybody must get stoned"
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2016
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Despite the lurid presentation by editor R.K. Siegel [her work was done before the "Time of the Nazis"], this lavishly illustrated presentation of the poetry and stories of a woman scarcely known in the USA should appeal to readers outside the drug and lesbian cultures. Marie-Madeleine was a bestselling author starting in 1900 who became a morphine user in 1914; she was a bohemian icon in the Twenties, and the book lushly reproduces graphics of the period, ranging from book covers an prints to painting and advertisements, including multiple versions of Munch's "The Scream". The erotic poems from "Taumel" (1920) are printed in English with the original Gerrnan versions on the facing page. Thanks to translator Eric Bye, we may come to realize how a mere cigarette may vouch for frivolous enjoyment, while as it burned "it looked around with its little red eye at its big sisters [opium and morphine] that provide rapture and oblivion."
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Casey Callich
1.0 out of 5 stars A superficial and vapid edition
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018
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This book does not contain full novellas or prose writings by M.M. - It only contains excerpts and summaries by the translator. The book is littered with random images that don't illustrate anything. They only distract from the lack of content. Rather than let the author's words stand front and center, the editor and translator have festooned them with a bunch of needless garbage. Utter disappointment.
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Casey Callich
1.0 out of 5 stars A superficial and vapid edition
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018
This book does not contain full novellas or prose writings by M.M. - It only contains excerpts and summaries by the translator. The book is littered with random images that don't illustrate anything. They only distract from the lack of content. Rather than let the author's words stand front and center, the editor and translator have festooned them with a bunch of needless garbage. Utter disappointment.
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Nina
5.0 out of 5 stars A Lost Author
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2016
The book itself is a piece of art. The layout is beautifully done with art and pieces of poetry connected. I find the poems and writings of Marie-Madeleine sensitive and intriguing, a world that is largely unknown to many, certainly me. Truly she is an overlooked author in the US and I am glad I purchased this book. I am also grateful that it was translated into English so I could enjoy it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book with quirky, unexpected illustrations and fascinating text.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2018
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Jota
4.0 out of 5 stars Kultbuch über eine femme fatale
Reviewed in Germany on April 20, 2016
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Als Teil eines Forschungsprojektes, in dem Nachfahren von "Marie Madelaine" Günther eine Rolle spielen hatte ich dieses Buch für mich und zugleich als Lesevergnügen für meine Frau (die gerne englische Texte liest) gewählt. Dies ist nur ein erster Eindruck: Die Aufmachung mit Farbdrucken aus der damaligen Welt des Jugendstil und die spürbare Liebe und Sorgfalt beim Layout übertrifft meine Erwartungen. Die Einführung zur Protagonistin mit dem Hinweis auf die üble Rolle der Nazis wirkt ein bisschen gewollt, um die Auflage zu steigern, obwohl nicht ganz von der Hand zu weisen ist, dass die Halbjüdin Frau Günther wirklich als Euthanasieopfer umgekommen ist. Im ganzen scheint mir aber der Blick auf die schillernde kultische Welt der 20-er Jahre gelungen, die für manche bei ihrer persönlichen Sinnsuche heute zum Leitbild geworden ist.
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