Literature suppressed on sexual grounds
By: Dawn B. Sova ; preface by Ken Wachsberger
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Banned books; Banned books (2011)
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780816082292
Subjects: Prohibited books; Erotic literature; Censorship; History
Description: When Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata was banned from distribution through the mail (except for first class) in 1890, New York street vendors began selling it from pushcarts carrying large signs reading "Suppressed!" In 1961, the United States Supreme Court pondered whether D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover was lewd or literary. In 1969, the novel was required reading in many college literature courses. Changing sexual mores have moved many formerly forbidden books out of locked cabinets and into libraries and classrooms. Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds, Third Edition examines the issues underlying the suppression of more than 120 works deemed sexually obscene. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.