Two of these works, Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence's tale of an upper class woman's affair with a working class man) and Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller's sexual odyssey), were the subject of landmark obscenity trials (Lady Chatterley's Lover was also tried in the UK and Austria).
Kaks neist teostest, "Leedi Chatterley armuke" (D. H. Lawrence’i lugu kõrgklassi naise armuafäärist töölisklassi mehega) ja "Vähi pöörijoon" (Henry Milleri seksuaalne odüsseia) sattusid rõvetsemise tõttu kohtu alla ("Leedi Chatterley armukese" üle peeti kohut ka Ühendkuningriigis ja Austrias).