Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on GeniusWritten by the attorney who argued and won the Tropic of Cancer case before the Supreme Court, this is a riveting book about more than the freedom of expressions; it is about a profound, insoluble, and ongoing crisis within our culture that guarantees unprecedented civil liberties but asks us to suppress our deepest human impulses. |
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Page 129
... Liveright promised Dreiser he would bring it out without cuts . When Liveright told Dreiser he wished to publish all of his books , including Sister Carrie , the author was flattered . He al- lowed Liveright to reissue Carrie but waited ...
... Liveright promised Dreiser he would bring it out without cuts . When Liveright told Dreiser he wished to publish all of his books , including Sister Carrie , the author was flattered . He al- lowed Liveright to reissue Carrie but waited ...
Page 142
... Liveright and got one of sorts : HORACE LIVERIGHT : It's a darn shame that now that fortune is , after so many years , spilling gold into your lap . . . what has happened between us should have arisen . These are the days when we should ...
... Liveright and got one of sorts : HORACE LIVERIGHT : It's a darn shame that now that fortune is , after so many years , spilling gold into your lap . . . what has happened between us should have arisen . These are the days when we should ...
Page 144
... Liveright's connections with Hollywood , and whose advice , some said , did Liveright in ; Jesse Lasky of Hollywood ; Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York , whose speech , as we have seen , doomed the Clean Books League's legislation ...
... Liveright's connections with Hollywood , and whose advice , some said , did Liveright in ; Jesse Lasky of Hollywood ; Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York , whose speech , as we have seen , doomed the Clean Books League's legislation ...
Contents
Fuck Up Love | 20 |
A Judicial Murder | 40 |
A SermonontheMountof Venus | 54 |
Copyright | |
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Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius Edward DeGrazia No preview available - 1993 |
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