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Forbidden literature: case studies on censorship

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"Freedom of the printed word is a defining feature of the modern world. Yet censorship and the suppression of literature never cease, and remain topical issues even in the most liberal of democracies. Today just as in the past, advances in media technology are followed by new regulatory mechanisms. Similarly, any attempt to control cultural expression inevitably spurs fresh discussions about freedom of speech. In Forbidden Literature scholars from a variety of disciplines address censorship’s past and present, whether in liberal democracies or totalitarian regimes. Through in-depth case studies they trace a historical continuum in which literature reveals its two-sided nature: it demands both regulation and protection. The contributors investigate the logic of literary repression, particularly in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and analyse why it is thought essential to control literature. Moreover, the authors determine how literary practices are shaped and transformed by regulation and censorship."
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801.9 FOR f

Publisher

Gothenburg, Sweden : Nordic Academic Press., 2020

Collation

264p.: ill.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9789188909084

Classification

801.9

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text

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Subject(s)

Freedom of speech
Library and Information Science
Literature--history and criticism
Freedom of expression
Censorship
Sensor

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