Obscene Modernism

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.

Table des matières

• Introduction


• 1: Censorship Networks


• 2: Anonymity and Self-Regulation


• 3: Publishers and Journals


• 4: Words and Minds


• 5: Offense


• 6: International Rights


• 7: Laughter


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

A propos de l'auteur

Rachel Potter lectures in the English Department at the University of East Anglia and specialises in modernist literature. She is the author of many books and essays on modernist writing, including Modernism and Democracy: Literary Culture 1900-1930 (OUP, 2006) and The Edinburgh Guide to Modernist Literature (EUP, 2012). She has also co-edited The Salt Companion to Mina Loy (Salt, 2010) and the forthcoming Prudes on the Prowl: Fiction and Obscenity in England 1850-Present Day (OUP, 2013).

Résumé

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.

Texte suppl.

Rachel Potter's consistently interesting and illuminating book

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Rachel Potter
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 29.08.2013
• EAN: 9780199680986
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968098-6
• Pages: 247
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 225 mm x 20 mm
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit international, droit étranger; USA, History, English, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Ethical Issues: Censorship