“Is It a Book That You Would Even Wish Your Wife or Your Servants to Read?” Obscenity Law and the Politics of Reading in Modern England.

The article focuses on the history of obscenity law in Great Britain and the 1960 obscenity trial that sought to charge publishing company Penguin Books with violating the 1959 Obscene Publications Act by printing the sexually explicit book "Lady Chatterley's Lover," by D. H. Lawrence. The author ex...

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Publicado en:	American Historical Review Vol. 118; no. 3; pp. 653 - 679
Autor principal:	Hilliard, Christopher
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jun2013
Materias:	Obscenity (Law) Trials (Obscenity) Lady Chatterley's Lover (Book : Lawrence) Obscene publications Freedom of speech Reading & society Law & literature Erotic literature > History & criticism Social classes Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 British politics & government, 1945-1964 Twentieth century History United Kingdom
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