diff -r c9bf987d80f1 Lib/test/test_csv.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_csv.py	Mon Mar 18 14:11:41 2013 -0700
+++ b/Lib/test/test_csv.py	Tue Mar 19 18:30:07 2013 -0700
@@ -308,6 +308,15 @@
             for i, row in enumerate(csv.reader(fileobj)):
                 self.assertEqual(row, rows[i])
 
+    def test_roundtrip_escaped_unquoted_newlines(self):
+        with TemporaryFile("w+", newline='') as fileobj:
+            writer = csv.writer(fileobj,quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE,escapechar="\\")
+            rows = [['a\nb','b'],['c','x\r\nd']]
+            writer.writerows(rows)
+            fileobj.seek(0)
+            for i, row in enumerate(csv.reader(fileobj,quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE,escapechar="\\")):
+                self.assertEqual(row,rows[i])
+
 class TestDialectRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_registry_badargs(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, csv.list_dialects, None)
diff -r c9bf987d80f1 Modules/_csv.c
--- a/Modules/_csv.c	Mon Mar 18 14:11:41 2013 -0700
+++ b/Modules/_csv.c	Tue Mar 19 18:30:07 2013 -0700
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 typedef enum {
     START_RECORD, START_FIELD, ESCAPED_CHAR, IN_FIELD,
     IN_QUOTED_FIELD, ESCAPE_IN_QUOTED_FIELD, QUOTE_IN_QUOTED_FIELD,
-    EAT_CRNL
+    EAT_CRNL,AFTER_ESCAPED_CRNL
 } ParserState;
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -644,6 +644,12 @@
         break;
 
     case ESCAPED_CHAR:
+        if (c == '\n' | c=='\r') {
+            if (parse_add_char(self, c) < 0)
+                return -1;
+            self->state = AFTER_ESCAPED_CRNL;
+            break;
+        }
         if (c == '\0')
             c = '\n';
         if (parse_add_char(self, c) < 0)
@@ -651,6 +657,11 @@
         self->state = IN_FIELD;
         break;
 
+    case AFTER_ESCAPED_CRNL:
+        if (c == '\0')
+            break;
+        /*fallthru*/
+
     case IN_FIELD:
         /* in unquoted field */
         if (c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\0') {