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Fellion, Matthew, 1985-
Subjects
English literature -- Censorship -- History.
American literature -- Censorship -- History.
Censorship -- Great Britain -- History.
Censorship -- United States -- History.
Censorship -- History.
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History.
Literature and society -- United States -- History.
Prohibited books -- History.
Challenged books -- History.
Freedom of expression -- History.
Literature and state.
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Fellion, Matthew, 1985-
English literature -- Censorship -- History.
American literature -- Censorship -- History.
Censorship -- Great Britain -- History.
Censorship -- United States -- History.
Censorship -- History.
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History.
Literature and society -- United States -- History.
Prohibited books -- History.
Challenged books -- History.
Freedom of expression -- History.
Literature and state.
MARC Display
Censored : a literary
history
of subversion and control / Matthew Fellion and Katherine Inglis.
by
Fellion, Matthew, 1985-
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Call #:
363.31 F319c
Subjects
English
literature
--
Censorship
--
History
.
American
literature
--
Censorship
--
History
.
Censorship
--
Great
Britain
--
History
.
Censorship
--
United States
--
History
.
Censorship
--
History
.
Literature
and
society
--
Great
Britain
--
History
.
Literature
and
society
--
United States
--
History
.
Prohibited books
--
History
.
Challenged books
--
History
.
Freedom of expression
--
History
.
Literature
and state.
ISBN:
9780773551275 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Literary
history
of subversion and control
Description:
431 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The English Bibles, translated by John Wyclif, William Tyndale, and Others
--
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Fanny Hill) by John Cleland
--
The Witlings by Frances Burney
--
Queen Mab by Percy Bysshe Shelley
--
The
History
of Mary Prince by Mary Prince
--
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
--
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
--
The Soil by Émile Zola
--
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
--
The Well of Lonliness by Radclyffe Hall
--
Ulysses by James Joyce
--
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
--
The Land of Spies by Kate O'Brien
--
Black Boy by Richard Wright
--
'The Orphan', Shock SuspenStories No. 14 by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, and Jack Kamen --Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
--
OZ 28: Schoolkids edition by Richard Neville, Felix Dennis, Jim Anderson, and Guest editors
--
Black Voices from Prison by Etheridge Knight and incarcerated men at Indiana State Prison
--
'The Love that Dares to Speak its Name' in Gay News by James Kirkup
--
Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin by Susanne Bösche
--
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
--
Hit man by Rex Feral
--
Beijing Coma by Ma Jian
--
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
--
Borderlands/ La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa.
Summary:
"When Henry Vizetelly was imprisoned in 1889 for publishing the novels of Émile Zola in English, the problem was not just Zola's French candour about sex - it was that Vizetelly's books were cheap, and ordinary people could read them. The role that power plays in censorship. In twenty-five chapters focusing on a wide range of texts, including the Bible, slave narratives, modernist classics, comic books, and Chicana/o
literature
, Matthew Fellion and Katherine Inglis chart the forces that have driven censorship in the United Kingdom and the United States for over six hundred years, from fears of civil unrest and corruptible youth to the oppression of various groups - religious and political dissidents, same-sex lovers, the working class, immigrants, women, racialized people, and those who have been incarcerated or enslaved. The authors also consider the weight of speech, and when restraints might be justified. Rich with illustrations that bring to life the personalities and the books that feature in its stories, Censored takes readers behind the scenes into the courtroom battles, legislative debates, public campaigns, and private exchanges that have shaped the course of
literature
. A vital reminder that the freedom of speech has always been fragile and never enjoyed equally by all, Censored offers lessons from the past to guard against threats to
literature
in a new political era"--Provided by publisher.
Other authors:
Inglis, Katherine, 1980-
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