Dirt for art's sake : books on trial from Madame Bovary to Lolita

Dirt for art's sake : books on trial from Madame Bovary to Lolita / Elisabeth Ladenson.

Author/creator	Ladenson, Elisabeth
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Description	xxiv, 272 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	French literature--19th century --Censorship. English fiction--20th century --Censorship. American fiction--20th century --Censorship. Trials (Obscenity)--France --History --19th century. Trials (Obscenity)--Great Britain --History --20th century. Trials (Obscenity)--United States --History --20th century.

Contents	Gustave Flaubert : Emma Bovary goes to Hollywood -- Charles Baudelaire : florist of evil -- James Joyce : Leopold Bloom's trip to the outhouse -- Radclyffe Hall : the well of prussic acid -- D.H. Lawrence : sexual intercourse begins -- Henry Miller : a gob of spit in the face of art -- Vladimir Nabokov : lolitigation.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-262) and index.
LCCN	2006023313
ISBN	0801441684 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780801441684

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PQ295.C47 L33 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold