2006, ISBN: 9780809308705

Hardcover

University of Oklahoma Press, 15 August, 2006. Hardcover. VeryGood. ., University of Oklahoma Press, 15 August, 2006, New York, New York, U.S.A.: Barnes & Noble, 2004 one corner li… More...

University of Oklahoma Press, 15 August, 2006. Hardcover. VeryGood. ., University of Oklahoma Press, 15 August, 2006, New York, New York, U.S.A.: Barnes & Noble, 2004 one corner lightly bumped.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good., Barnes & Noble, 2004, Duke University, 1970. Standard ex-library flaws, otherwise unmarked. Green smudge on front panel of dust jacket. Binding square & firm.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. Ex-Library., Duke University, 1970, New York, New York, USA: Penguin Books, 1995. BI3 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. Originally published as "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored" and the basis for the movie of the same name. A evocative story of life in the segregateed South. The author looks back at his "colored" childhood where, undaunted by the segregation, his aunts, uncles, cousing, neighbors and friends were loving, dignified and humorous examples to him. They instilled in him a deep sense of community, optimism and self-worth. I cannot recommend this book or the movie it engendered too highly. 153p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall., Penguin Books, 1995, New York, New York, USA: Viking Penguin/Penguin Books USA Inc., 1989. CH5 - A hard cover first American edition book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in tan paper covered boards quarter bound in light burgandy cloth with gold lettering and graphics on the spine with minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library marks, stamps, labels, and pocket on the inside surface of the front board, front endpaper, and top outside paper edges plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very, very light sunning on the spine. A novel that is a narrative that covers over two centuries of time and ranges over three continents. An African man participates in the slave trade by assisting the slavers. This spares him the manacles. In America a young man faces life imprisonment in a Southern jail, brutalized by his guards and isolated from his fellow inmates. In Europe, just after World War II, a woman finds that she cannot escape the ghetto because, though she is in England, the world outside is hostile and she is still captive to stifling fear and the resulting paralyzing seclusion. The author is a winner of the Malcolm X Award. By the author of "The Final Passage," "A State of Independence," and "The European Tribe." 218p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library., Viking Penguin/Penguin Books USA Inc., 1989, Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1966. I2 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has price clipped, label on the lower spine, wrinkling and crease on some edges and corners, inside flaps glued to the fixed endpapers, discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has some rubbing and wear on the cover edges, library stamping on the top and bottom page edges, loose endpapers, and title page, label and cardholder adhered on the back loose endpaper, some stains on the page edges, discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise very good. Preface by Harry T. Moore. Understanding and evaluating a critic's point of view and objectives are of primary importance to everyone who reads, and Attitudes to Criticism will be of value to all students of criticism, be it literary or otherwise.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library., Southern Illinois University Press, 1966, WestBow, 2005. Pages unmarked. Binding firm.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Mildly edgeworn dust jacket., WestBow, 2005, Southern Illinois University Press, 1978. Pages unmarked. Covers worn. Sticker residue on spine. Binding firm. Trade Paperback. Good., Southern Illinois University Press, 1978<

1974, ISBN: 9780809308705

This timely new study provides a systematic, comparative, and compre-hensive view of literature's involvement in the obscenity question. The year 1890 roughly marks the beginning of a sex… More...

This timely new study provides a systematic, comparative, and compre-hensive view of literature's involvement in the obscenity question. The year 1890 roughly marks the beginning of a sexual revolution in the fiction published in the United States. Today, the gains realized generally are regarded as beneficial, and the right of writers to express themselves and, per-haps more importantly, " "the right of people to read, usually are taken for granted, though they are not without peril, as recent Court cases have shown. The year 1890 marks also the beginning of a sustained effort through legal action to censor literature considered obscene. The tensions thus produced are with us still. A crisis once again seems brewing as a result of the Burger Court's 1973 "Miller v. California "decision. At least 2 of the 50 states have already passed new antiobscenity legislation based on "Miller," " "and more than 250 such bills are pending in other state legisla-tures. The trauma to our national psyche caused by the obscenity issue is the sub-ject of this new, thorough, and dispas-sionate study. Dean Lewis's investiga-tions include all works of imaginative literature--novels, short stories, poetry, and plays--known to have been the subject of obscenity litigation in the United States, for which court records exist, up to and including the "Carnal Knowledge "("Jenkins v. Georgia")" "case in 1974, and encompass more than fifty major works of imaginative literature charged with being obscene. General readers concerned with civil rights, constitutional scholars, lawyers, judges, booksellers, publishers, writers, and librarians will find here much to ponder about the state and status of our literature--"almost the most prodigious asset of a country, and perhaps its most precious possession," Mark Twain once wrote. Media >, [PU: Southern Illinois University Press]<

1974, ISBN: 0809308703

This timely new study provides a systematic, comparative, and comprehensive view of literature s involvement in the obscenity question.The year 1890 roughly marks the beginning of a sexua… More...

This timely new study provides a systematic, comparative, and comprehensive view of literature s involvement in the obscenity question.The year 1890 roughly marks the beginning of a sexual revolution in the fiction published in the United States. Today, the gains realized generally are regarded as beneficial, and the right of writers to express themselves and, perhaps more importantly, " "the right of people to read, usually are taken for granted, though they are not without peril, as recent Court cases have shown.The year 1890 marks also the beginning of a sustained effort through legal action to censor literature considered obscene. The tensions thus produced are with us still. A crisis once again seems brewing as a result of the Burger Court s 1973 "Miller v. California "decision. At least 2 of the 50 states have already passed new antiobscenity legislation based on "Miller," " "and more than 250 such bills are pending in other state legislatures.The trauma to our national psyche caused by the obscenity issue is the subject of this new, thorough, and dispassionate study. Dean Lewis s investigations include all works of imaginative literaturenovels, short stories, poetry, and playsknown to have been the subject of obscenity litigation in the United States, for which court records exist, up to and including the "Carnal Knowledge "("Jenkins v. Georgia")" "case in 1974, and encompass more than fifty major works of imaginative literature charged with being obscene.General reade censorship,criminal law,education and reference,erotica,history and criticism,law,literary criticism,literary criticism and collections,literature and fiction,media and the law Law, Southern Illinois University Press<