Censored: A Literary History of Subversion & Control

Matthew Fellion; Katherine Inglis

ISBN 10: 0712356894 / ISBN 13: 9780712356893

Published by British Library Publishing, 2017

About this Item

SIGNED COPY. The British Library, London, 2017. Hardcover. First edition, first impression. Both authors' signatures without dedication to title page. Black boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Dustjacket. Bottom edge of lower board lightly bumped. Corresponding area of dustjacket lightly creased. A very good copy in a very good dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Censored: A Literary History of Subversion & Control
• Publisher: British Library Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712356894
• ISBN 13: 9780712356893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

The list of books suppressed in the English language features the sacred and profane, poetic and pornographic, famous and infamous. A history of literary censorship is therefore a history not only of texts but of the authorities that have attempted to prevent their circulation: sovereigns, politicians, judges, prison officers, slaveholders, school governors, librarians, teachers, parents, students, editors and publishers. Censored deals with some of the most contentious and fascinating cases, including works now praised as literary masterpieces, such as James Joyce's Ulysses and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita; as well as a troubling book about assassination that was implicated in a murder case. The books in this comprehensive study have been chosen to showcase the variety of suppressed literature, the methods and consequences of censorship, and landmarks in the history of free speech.

About the Author

Katherine Inglis is Chancellor's Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on censorship and nineteenth-century literature. Matthew Fellion is a writer and independent scholar. His interests include the history of reading and the nineteenth-century realist novel.