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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
"I know of no bomb other than the book" --Stéphane Mallarmé

Underground literature is an epiteth for books that have attracted a cult following including banned books, transgressive fiction, controversial books and erotic literature. A near synonym would be cult fiction. The term first gained widespread attention with the publication of The Literary Underground of the Old Regime in 1982.

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