Censored: A Literary History of Subversion & Control

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.

Matthew Fellion is a writer and independent scholar. His interest inclde the history of reading and the nineteenth-century realist novel.

Katherine Inlis is the 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.

Format: Hardback, 416 pages
ISBN: 9780712356893
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Published: 28 Sep 2017
Weight: 858 g
Dimensions: 229 x 155 x 40 mm

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