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Better left unsaid : Victorian novels, Hays Code films, and the benefits of censorship /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilbert, Nora
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013.
Series:Cultural lives of law.
Subjects:
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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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 Brontë and Elia Kazan
  • Postscript : Oscar Wilde and Mae West.