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Author Gilbert, Nora.

Title Better left unsaid [electronic resource] : Victorian novels, Hays Code films, and the benefits of censorship / Nora Gilbert.

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 181 p. : ill.
Series The cultural lives of law
Cultural lives of law.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the joy of censorship -- The sounds of silence: W.M. Thackeray and Preston Sturges -- For sophisticated eyes only : Jane Austen and George Cukor -- Beyond censorship : Charles Dickens and Frank Capra -- The thrill of the fight : Charlotte Bronte and Elia Kazan -- Postscript : Oscar Wilde and Mae West.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- Censorship.
Fiction -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Literature and morals -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780804784207 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804784205
9780804784870 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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