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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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text file PDF |
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polychrome |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; 1. Poison More Deadly than Prussic Acid: Defining Obscenity after the 1857 Obscene Publications Act (1850-1885); 2. Pernicious Literature: Vigilance in the Age of Zola (1886-1889); 3. Circulating Morals (1900-1915); 4. Censorship and Sovereignty (1916-1929); 5. James Douglas: The Sanitary Inspector of Literature; 6. After Jix (1930-1945); 7. American Beastliness, the Great Purge and its Aftermath (1946-1959); 8. Bollocks to Respectability: British Fiction after the Trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover (1960-1970). |
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9. The Art of Offence: British Literary Censorship since 1971 (1971-the Present Day)Select 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. |
| Summary |
This innovative book comprises nine essays from leading scholars which investigate the relationship between fiction, censorship and the legal construction of obscenity in Britain between 1850 and the present day. Each of the chapters focuses on a distinct historical period and each has something new to say about the literary works it spotlights. Overall, the volume fundamentally refreshes our understanding of the way texts had to negotiate the moral and legal minefields of publicreception. The book is original in the historical period it covers, starting in 1850 and bringing debates about fict. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-219) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- Censorship.
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English fiction. |
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19th century |
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Censorship. |
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English fiction -- 20th century -- Censorship.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Law and literature. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Potter, Rachel (Rachel C.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bradshaw, David. Prudes on the Prowl : Fiction and Obscenity in England, 1850 to the Present Day. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2013 9780199697564 |
| ISBN |
9780191506666 (electronic book) |
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0191506664 (electronic book) |
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9780191764745 |
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0191764744 |
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9780199697564 |
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0199697566 |
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