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. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.