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Prudes on the Prowl - Fiction and Obscenity in England, 1850 to the Present Day (Hardcover)
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Prudes on the Prowl - Fiction and Obscenity in England, 1850 to the Present Day (Hardcover)
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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 public reception. The book is original in the
historical period it covers, starting in 1850 and bringing debates
about fiction, obscenity and censorship up to the present day. The
history that is uncovered reveals the different ways in which
censorship functioned and continues to function, with
considerations of Statutory definitions of Obscenity alongside the
activities of non-government organisations such as the anti-vice
societies, circulating libraries, publishers, printers and
commentators. The essays in this book argue that the vigour with
which novels were hunted down by the prowling prudes of the book's
title encouraged some writers to explore sexual, excremental and
moral obscenities with even more determination. Bringing such
debates up to date, the book considers the ongoing impact of
censorship on fiction and the current state of critical thinking
about the status and freedom of literature. Given contemporary
debates about the limits on freedom of speech in liberal, secular
societies, the interrogation of these questions is both timely and
necessary.
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