Dirt for Art's Sake: Books on Trial from Madame Bovary to Lolita (Repost)
Dirt for Art's Sake: Books on Trial from Madame Bovary to Lolita By Elisabeth Ladenson
2007 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 0801441684 | PDF | 2 MB
2007 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 0801441684 | PDF | 2 MB
How it is, asks Ladenson (French and comparative literature, Columbia U.), that so many literary works once designated as obscene have ended up on required reading lists. She looks at nine works that were banned or prosecuted, or both, when they first appeared and have since achieved, in some way or another, classic status.