Reginald Caton
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Reginald Ashley Caton (1897–1971) was an English publisher. He appears as a literary character, especially in novels by Kingsley Amis.
In 1924, he founded the Fortune Press in London, specialising in gay erotica. Repeated legal difficulties saw his prosecution for obscene libel in 1934.[1]
Caton is celebrated for obtaining the rights to Dylan Thomas's 18 Poems, which he published in 1934, with repercussions for the poet. During the war years, he first rejected Philip Larkin's first novel Jill (for obscenity), but finally published it in 1946, as he did his poetry collection, The North Ship.[2] No manuscript version of Jill has survived.[3]
Caton also published, for example, Nicholas Moore and Wrenne Jarman. Experts have concluded that there was no literary, rather than business, consistency. In 1951, he published Bryan Magee's first book, an anthology of poems entitled Crucifixion and Other Poems.[4]
The Fortune Press was sold to Leonard Holdsworth of the Charles Skilton Publishing Group.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Williams, Chrissy (29 November 2010). "Model Publisher or Pirate? R. A. Caton and the Fortune Press". Hand + Star. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The North Ship by LARKIN, Philip - Jonkers Rare Books". www.jonkers.co.uk.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""PHILIP LARKIN AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING MANUSCRIPT" by Dr Rebecca Johnson, March 1998, at hull.ac.uk". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Magee, Bryan (25 February 1954). "Crucifixion: And Other Poems". Fortune Press – via Google Books.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.D'Arch Smith, Timothy (1983). R. A. Caton and the Fortune Press. A Memoir and a Hand-List. London: Asphodel Editions. ISBN 978-1893-4502-33.
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