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Author Collins, Ronald K. L.

Title The trials of Lenny Bruce : the fall and rise of an American icon / Ronald K. L. Collins & David M. Skover.

Imprint Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks MediaFusion, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  792.7028 B83Bc 2002    ---  Available
 Axe Compact Discs 1st Floor  792.7028 B83Bc 2002    ---  Available
Description x, 562 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Note "One-hour CD includes Lenny Bruce's notorious routines and excerpts from Lenny's never-before-released secret trial tapes"--CD jkt.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-541) and index.
Contents Comedy as commentary -- The force of an opinion -- Free speech in North Beach -- L.A. story -- Chicago : the Ash Wednesday Trial -- What does it mean to be found obscene in New York? -- The courtroom of the absurd : New York, part II -- Court adjourned : New York, part III -- The path to vindication -- The resurrection of Lenny Bruce : 1966-1974 -- Ex officio judgments.
Subject Bruce, Lenny -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Obscenity)
Freedom of speech.
Censorship.
Added Author Skover, David M., 1951-
Bruce, Lenny.
ISBN 1570719861

 
    
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