Gilbert, Nora.

Better left unsaid Victorian novels, Hays Code films, and the benefits of censorship / [electronic resource] : Nora Gilbert. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013. - x, 181 p. : ill. - The cultural lives of law . - Cultural lives of law. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Brontė and Elia Kazan -- Postscript : Oscar Wilde and Mae West.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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English fiction--Censorship.--19th century
Fiction--Censorship--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Motion pictures--Censorship--History--United States--20th century.
Literature and morals--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Censorship--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Censorship--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

PR878.C45 / G55 2013eb

363.31/0941