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method of unveiling the subconscious mind, which prompted one of the judges to ask him to "speak in a language that the court could understand". The next witness was
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was a "beautiful piece of work in no way capable of corrupting the minds of young girls". The editors were found guilty under laws associated with the
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he would have consulted a lawyer first—and not published it". The final witness was English novelist, lecturer, and critic
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Another important obscenity trial occurred 1960 in Britain, when the full unexpurgated edition of
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that the novel could be published in the United States without fear of prosecution.
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
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are considered by many to be among the highest achievements in Western art.
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Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius
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of 1873, which made it illegal to circulate materials deemed
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My Thirty Years' War: An Autobiography by Margaret Anderson
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
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Covici, Fried. p.  42:, sculpture or painting. 1227:Evolutionary aesthetics 1177:The Aesthetic Dimension 159:Lady Chatterley's Lover 54:of James Joyce's novel 1157:Avant-Garde and Kitsch 1107:Lectures on Aesthetics 28: 1302:Philosophy portal 200:Norman St John-Stevas 22: 1247:Philosophy of design 1127:In Praise of Shadows 1117:The Critic as Artist 119:, who declared that 1257:Philosophy of music 1232:Mathematical beauty 25:William Shakespeare 1252:Philosophy of film 1242:Patterns in nature 1212:Applied aesthetics 1187:Why Beauty Matters 973:Life imitating art 834:Art for art's sake 93:, who interpreted 29: 1310: 1309: 1262:Psychology of art 1137:Art as Experience 236:Taste (sociology) 162:was published by 141:The Little Review 117:John Cowper Powys 80:The Little Review 67:The Little Review 1340: 1300: 1299: 1298: 1192: 1182: 1172: 1162: 1152: 1142: 1132: 1122: 1112: 1102: 1092: 1082: 1072: 1062: 361: 354: 347: 338: 332: 321: 315: 314: 308: 300: 294: 284: 273: 272: 266: 256: 196:Raymond Williams 168:trial of Penguin 84: 1348: 1347: 1343: 1342: 1341: 1339: 1338: 1337: 1333:Western culture 1328:Self-censorship 1313: 1312: 1311: 1306: 1296: 1294: 1271: 1195: 1190: 1180: 1170: 1167:Critical Essays 1160: 1150: 1140: 1130: 1120: 1110: 1100: 1090: 1080: 1070: 1060: 1044: 817: 731:Ortega y Gasset 524: 436: 370: 365: 335: 323:Feather, John. 322: 318: 301: 286: 285: 276: 258: 257: 253: 249: 212: 192:Richard Hoggart 103:Scofield Thayer 82: 48: 38:, music, film, 17: 12: 11: 5: 1346: 1344: 1336: 1335: 1330: 1325: 1315: 1314: 1308: 1307: 1305: 1304: 1292: 1287: 1282: 1276: 1273: 1272: 1270: 1269: 1264: 1259: 1254: 1249: 1244: 1239: 1237:Neuroesthetics 1234: 1229: 1224: 1219: 1217:Arts criticism 1214: 1209: 1203: 1201: 1197: 1196: 1194: 1193: 1183: 1173: 1163: 1153: 1143: 1133: 1123: 1113: 1103: 1093: 1087:On the Sublime 1083: 1073: 1063: 1052: 1050: 1046: 1045: 1043: 1042: 1037: 1032: 1027: 1022: 1017: 1012: 1007: 1000: 995: 990: 985: 980: 975: 970: 965: 958: 953: 951:Interpretation 948: 943: 938: 933: 928: 923: 918: 913: 908: 903: 898: 893: 888: 883: 878: 873: 868: 867: 866: 861: 851: 846: 844:Artistic merit 841: 836: 831: 825: 823: 819: 818: 816: 815: 808: 803: 798: 793: 788: 783: 778: 773: 768: 763: 758: 753: 748: 743: 738: 733: 728: 723: 718: 713: 708: 703: 698: 693: 688: 683: 678: 673: 668: 663: 658: 653: 648: 643: 638: 633: 628: 623: 618: 613: 608: 603: 598: 593: 588: 583: 578: 573: 568: 563: 558: 553: 548: 543: 538: 532: 530: 526: 525: 523: 522: 515: 510: 505: 500: 495: 493:Psychoanalysis 490: 485: 480: 475: 470: 465: 460: 455: 450: 444: 442: 438: 437: 435: 434: 429: 424: 419: 414: 409: 404: 399: 394: 389: 384: 378: 376: 372: 371: 366: 364: 363: 356: 349: 341: 334: 333: 316: 274: 250: 248: 245: 244: 243: 238: 233: 228: 223: 218: 211: 208: 154:D. 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William Shakespeare
work of art
literature
1921 US trial
Ulysses
The Little Review
John Quinn
Philip Moeller
Theatre Guild
Freudian
Scofield Thayer
The Dial
John Cowper Powys
Comstock Act
obscene
U.S. mail
United States v. One Book Called Ulysses
D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Penguin Books
trial of Penguin
Obscene Publications Act 1959
obscenity
Roy Jenkins
E. M. Forster
Helen Gardner
Richard Hoggart
Raymond Williams
Norman St John-Stevas

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