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Banned Books: Censorship in Eighteenth-Century England

Author : Anastasia Castillo
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Censorship
ISBN : 9783640716883

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Banned Books: Censorship in Eighteenth-Century England by Anastasia Castillo Pdf

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Münster (Englische Philologie), language: English, abstract: The historical development of censorship is parallel to the evolution of our civilization. If one talks about censorship as a type of social control then one is "overstretching" the concept of the word, as there are a wide variety of social control measures. Thus, breeding can be regarded as censorship or God's verdict about a forbidden fruit can also be considered as a censorship act. But, since the focal point of this paper is literary censorship, a narrower meaning of the term, such as book censorship, is required. Traditionally, book censorship has been seen as a control over printed expression by authorities, and mostly by the church or government. Alec Craig emphasizes that "it is writing rather than speech that attracts authoritative attention and social pressures because it is so much more enduring and effective; and books have been subject to control of some sort wherever they have been an important medium of communication." The earliest examples of such regulations can already be found in Ancient Rome and Greece, where the works of Ovid and Socrates were suppressed, or in China, where the writings of Confucius were banned and burned by order of the emperor. However, these censorship measures were not of systematical character, and authorities in the ancient world failed to institutionalize this practice of book suppression. Not until the invention of the printing press and a consequential wide spread adoption in the usage of printing books, especially during the Reformation, was it necessary for the authorities to create a system of sharp control of the written word. It is widely known that literature is one of the richest sources that contains the knowledge of social consciousness. It portrays the impression of social norms and values as well as mod

Censorship and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England

Author : Randy Robertson
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271036557

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Censorship and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England by Randy Robertson Pdf

Censorship profoundly affected early modern writing. Censorship and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England offers a detailed picture of early modern censorship and investigates the pressures that censorship exerted on seventeenth-century authors, printers, and publishers. In the 1600s, Britain witnessed a civil war, the judicial execution of a king, the restoration of his son, and an unremitting struggle among crown, parliament, and people for sovereignty and the right to define “liberty and property.” This battle, sometimes subtle, sometimes bloody, entailed a struggle for the control of language and representation. Robertson offers a richly detailed study of this “censorship contest” and of the craft that writers employed to outflank the licensers. He argues that for most parties, victory, not diplomacy or consensus, was the ultimate goal. This book differs from most recent works in analyzing both the mechanics of early modern censorship and the poetics that the licensing system produced—the forms and pressures of self-censorship. Among the issues that Robertson addresses in this book are the workings of the licensing machinery, the designs of art and obliquity under a regime of censorship, and the involutions of authorship attendant on anonymity.

Royal Censorship of Books in Eighteenth-century France

Author : Raymond Birn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0804763593

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Royal Censorship of Books in Eighteenth-century France by Raymond Birn Pdf

Rather than envision themselves as agents of state-sponsored repression, the royal book censors of eighteenth-century France wished, through their reports and decisions, to guide the literary traffic of the Enlightenment and expand public awareness of progressive thought.

The Use of Censorship in the Enlightenment

Author : Mogens Lærke
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004175587

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The Use of Censorship in the Enlightenment by Mogens Lærke Pdf

The ambition is of this volume to study the role censorship played in the intellectual culture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, how it was implemented, and how it affected the development philosophy and literary writing. It contains contributions by intellectual historians, philosophers and literary theorists. The first section studies how Enlightenment thinkers were submitted to censorship, in particular the German Spinozists, Pierre Bayle, and the French Encylopedists. The second section on the institutional aspects of censorship contains an analysis of the breakdown of censorship in England around 1640 and a discussion of the impact of censorship on philosophy in the Netherlands. The final section studies the stand three Enlightenment thinkers, namely John Toland, Denis Diderot, and G. W. Leibniz, took on the issue of censorship.

Dangerous Ideas

Author : Eric Berkowitz
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780807036242

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A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authorities and maintain class and gender disparities Through compelling narrative, historian Eric Berkowitz reveals how drastically censorship has shaped our modern society. More than just a history of censorship, Dangerous Ideas illuminates the power of restricting speech; how it has defined states, ideas, and culture; and (despite how each of us would like to believe otherwise) how it is something we all participate in. This engaging cultural history of censorship and thought suppression throughout the ages takes readers from the first Chinese emperor’s wholesale elimination of books, to Henry VIII’s decree of death for anyone who “imagined” his demise, and on to the attack on Charlie Hebdo and the volatile politics surrounding censorship of social media. Highlighting the base impulses driving many famous acts of suppression, Berkowitz demonstrates the fragility of power and how every individual can act as both the suppressor and the suppressed.

Banned Plays

Author : Dawn B. Sova
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781438129938

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Banned Plays by Dawn B. Sova Pdf

An alphabetical listing of plays that have been banned throughout history with a short synopsis and reason for banning as well as profiles of the playwrights and other resource material.

Building Equitable Access to Knowledge Through Open Access Repositories

Author : Koutras, Nikos
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781799811336

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Building Equitable Access to Knowledge Through Open Access Repositories by Koutras, Nikos Pdf

In today’s modern age where information is constantly being shared, intellectual property and protection remains a crucial aspect in economic development. Open access has emerged as a cutting-edge tool that allows writers and authors to share their work freely while still holding protection and security over it. With technology playing a crucial role in economic growth, open access practices could be a key contributor in the innovation and development of information and public policy. What researchers need is a comprehensive approach to the concept of open access practice, its foundations, and current status. Building Equitable Access to Knowledge Through Open Access Repositories provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of open access publishing practices in the digital age and applications within scientific and academic research. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as copyright protection, social justice, and European Copyright Framework, this book is ideally designed for researchers, scientists, policymakers, librarians, IT specialists, authors, publishers, academicians, and students seeking current research on the advancement of intellectual property rights in today’s technologically driven world.

L' Escole Des Filles

Author : Michel Millot
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721039333

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L' Escole Des Filles by Michel Millot Pdf

L'escole des filles by active 1655 Michel Millot We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Re-Visiting Literature

Author : Mohd Nageen Rather
Publisher : Educreation Publishing
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Re-Visiting Literature by Mohd Nageen Rather Pdf

My modest efforts of working on some literary topics and writers have finally come to you in the form of this book in your hands. There is no doubt that this book contains miscellaneous topics from some popular genres like poetry and novel writing. The book attempts to offer a critical and evaluative material on the poetic achievements of some national and foreign poets. It provides a comparative analysis of some famous poets.

Disciplining Satire

Author : Matthew J. Kinservik
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0838755127

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Disciplining Satire by Matthew J. Kinservik Pdf

Focusing on the playwriting careers of Henry Fielding, Samuel Foote, and Charles Macklin, the three most controversial and heavily censored satiric dramatists of the century, Disciplining Satire pays particular attention to what type of satiric expression the law encouraged, not just to what it prohibited."--BOOK JACKET.

The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption

Author : William Pynchon,Michael W. Vella
Publisher : Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0820417602

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The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption by William Pynchon,Michael W. Vella Pdf

The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption: A Facsimile Edition reproduces William Pynchon's rare 1650 theological treatise about the Atonement. Written in the dialogue genre and deemed heretical by Boston orthodoxy, the book was burned on the city Commons. More than three hundred years later Meritorious Price is transformed in On Preterition, a fictional counterpart that is inscribed in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, a landmark in the contemporary American novel. The reworking of the Puritan past in this recent postmodernist novel in part results from Thomas Pynchon's direct descent from his Puritan ancestor, but more than that, it points at important continuities in American literature. Introductory essays by Michael W. Vella, Lance Schachterle, and Louis Mackey explore questions of genealogy, theology, and postmodernism in the presentation of this facsimile edition aimed at scholars and readers of both Pynchons.

Freedom of Speech and Information in Global Perspective

Author : Pekka Hallberg,Janne Virkkunen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349949908

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Freedom of Speech and Information in Global Perspective by Pekka Hallberg,Janne Virkkunen Pdf

This book offers a unique exploration of the current state of freedom of speech as a basic right available to everyone. The research focuses on the different development stages of the concept of freedom of speech and the use of modern indicators to depict the its treatment in different legal cultures, including the obligations under international treaties and the effects that the globalising and digitalising environment have had on it. The authors conduct a broad survey of freedom of speech around the world, from Europe over Russia and both Americas to Africa, Asia, and Australia. The aim of this survey is to identify safeguards of freedom of speech on both a national and an international level, violations and threat scenarios, and in particular challenges to freedom of speech in the digital era.

Book Banning in 21st-Century America

Author : Emily J. M. Knox
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781442231689

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Book Banning in 21st-Century America by Emily J. M. Knox Pdf

Requests for the removal, relocation, and restriction of books—also known as challenges—occur with some frequency in the United States. Book Banning in 21st-Century American Libraries, based on thirteen contemporary book challenge cases in schools and public libraries across the United States argues that understanding contemporary reading practices, especially interpretive strategies, is vital to understanding why people attempt to censor books in schools and public libraries. Previous research on censorship tends to focus on legal frameworks centered on Supreme Court cases, historical case studies, and bibliographies of texts that are targeted for removal or relocation and is often concerned with how censorship occurs. The current project, on the other hand, is focused on the why of censorship and posits that many censorship behaviors and practices, such as challenging books, are intimately tied to the how one understands the practice of reading and its effects on character development and behavior. It discusses reading as a social practice that has changed over time and encompasses different physical modalities and interpretive strategies. In order to understand why people challenge books, it presents a model of how the practice of reading is understood by challengers including “what it means” to read a text, and especially how one constructs the idea of “appropriate” reading materials. The book is based on three different kinds sources. The first consists of documents including requests for reconsideration and letters, obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests to governing bodies, produced in the course of challenge cases. Recordings of book challenge public hearings constitute the second source of data. Finally, the third source of data is interviews with challengers themselves. The book offers a model of the reading practices of challengers. It demonstrates that challengers are particularly influenced by what might be called a literal “common sense” orientation to text wherein there is little room for polysemic interpretation (multiple meanings for text). That is, the meaning of texts is always clear and there is only one avenue for interpretation. This common sense interpretive strategy is coupled with what Cathy Davidson calls “undisciplined imagination” wherein the reader is unable to maintain distance between the events in a text and his or her own response. These reading practices broaden our understanding of why people attempt to censor books in public institutions.

10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything

Author : Mark Jacob,Stephan Benzkofer,Chicago Tribune
Publisher : Agate Publishing
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781572847996

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything by Mark Jacob,Stephan Benzkofer,Chicago Tribune Pdf

A compendium of outrageous, hilarious or just plain shocking trivia about everything from history and politics to arts, religion, technology and much more. For years, the Chicago Tribune’s “10 Things You Might Not Know” column has been informing and entertaining readers on a diverse range of subjects. This volume collects the best of these columns, offering readers obscure, fascinating facts on universal topics that will appeal to everyone from sports fans to history buffs, foodies, and more. Expertly researched and thoroughly entertaining, 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything contains a plethora of surprising trivia on numerous topics, with an especially close look into Chicago-area history and facts. For example, in Zion, Illinois it was once illegal to spit, eat oysters, wear tan-colored shoes, or whistle on Sundays. 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything will leave readers brighter, wittier, and curious to learn more about myriad subjects and stories they will never forget.

Therese the Philosopher

Author : Marquis De D'Argens
Publisher : Disruptive Publishing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781608727070

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Therese the Philosopher by Marquis De D'Argens Pdf

This first-person narrative by Therese is the charming tale of an innocent's initiation into sexual happiness. Self-discovery in a convent leads her to her confessor, Father Dirrag, and she is soon launched upon the path of reason that convinces her that passion and love of the Deity are equal gifts of God. With additional mentors, Therese learns that sensations are but a part of temperament, as natural as hunger and thirst, and all may be satisfied as long as it does not harm others.