Obscene Modernism : Literary Censorship and Experiment 1900-1940.

Obscene Modernism : Literary Censorship and Experiment 1900-1940.

This text analyses the censorship of literature for obscenity in the period 1900-1940. It considers why writers were so interested in writing about obscenity as well as attempts by lawyers, writers and publishers to define literature as a special area of free speech.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Potter, Rachel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Scholarship Online, 2013.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Censorship > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Censorship > United States > History > 20th century.
Obscenity (Law) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Obscenity (Law) > United States > History > 20th century.
Pornography > Law and legislation > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Pornography > Law and legislation > United States > History > 20th century.
Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Intellectual freedom > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Intellectual freedom > United States > History > 20th century.
Censorship
Intellectual freedom
Modernism (Literature)
Obscenity (Law)
Pornography > Law and legislation
Great Britain
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Censorship Networks; 2. Anonymity and Self-regulation; 3. Publishers and Journals; 4. Words and Minds; 5. Offence; 6. International Rights; 7. Laughter; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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