Obscene Modernism Literary Censorship and Experiment 1900-1940 |
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Author:
| Potter, Rachel |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-968098-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $145.00 |
Book Description:
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This book 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.
This book 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.