The Resource The trials of Portnoy : how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system, Patrick Mullins
The trials of Portnoy : how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system, Patrick Mullins
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- Summary
- Fifty years after the event, here is the first full account of an audacious publishing decision that with the help of booksellers and readers around the country, forced the end of literary censorship in Australia. For more than seventy years, a succession of politicians, judges, and government officials in Australia worked in the shadows to enforce one of the most pervasive and conservative regimes of censorship in the world. The goal was simple: to keep Australia free of the moral contamination of impure literature. Under the censorship regime, books that might damage the morals of the Australian public were banned, seized, and burned; bookstores were raided; publishers were fined; and writers were charged and even jailed. But in the 1970s, that all changed. In 1970, in great secrecy and at considerable risk, Penguin Books Australia resolved to publish Portnoy?s Complaint, Philip Roth?s frank, funny, and profane bestseller about a boy hung up about his mother and his penis. In doing so, Penguin spurred a direct confrontation with the censorship authorities, which culminated in criminal charges, police raids, and an unprecedented series of court trials across the country. Sweeping from the cabinet room to the courtroom, The Trials of Portnoy draws on archival records and new interviews to show how Penguin and a band of writers, booksellers, academics, and lawyers determinedly sought for Australians the freedom to read what they wished and how, in defeating the forces arrayed before them, they reshaped Australian literature and culture forever
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925849448
- Label
- The trials of Portnoy : how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system
- Title
- The trials of Portnoy
- Title remainder
- how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system
- Statement of responsibility
- Patrick Mullins
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fifty years after the event, here is the first full account of an audacious publishing decision that with the help of booksellers and readers around the country, forced the end of literary censorship in Australia. For more than seventy years, a succession of politicians, judges, and government officials in Australia worked in the shadows to enforce one of the most pervasive and conservative regimes of censorship in the world. The goal was simple: to keep Australia free of the moral contamination of impure literature. Under the censorship regime, books that might damage the morals of the Australian public were banned, seized, and burned; bookstores were raided; publishers were fined; and writers were charged and even jailed. But in the 1970s, that all changed. In 1970, in great secrecy and at considerable risk, Penguin Books Australia resolved to publish Portnoy?s Complaint, Philip Roth?s frank, funny, and profane bestseller about a boy hung up about his mother and his penis. In doing so, Penguin spurred a direct confrontation with the censorship authorities, which culminated in criminal charges, police raids, and an unprecedented series of court trials across the country. Sweeping from the cabinet room to the courtroom, The Trials of Portnoy draws on archival records and new interviews to show how Penguin and a band of writers, booksellers, academics, and lawyers determinedly sought for Australians the freedom to read what they wished and how, in defeating the forces arrayed before them, they reshaped Australian literature and culture forever
- Cataloging source
- VHEI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1988-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mullins, Patrick
- Dewey number
- 363.31
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- facsimiles
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Roth, Philip
- Penguin Books Australia Ltd
- Challenged books
- Publishers and publishing
- Trials (Obscenity)
- Obscenity (Law)
- Censorship
- Prohibited books
- Literature and morals
- Australia
- Label
- The trials of Portnoy : how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system, Patrick Mullins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067178247
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925849448
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, facsimiles, portraits
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1144100976
- Label
- The trials of Portnoy : how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system, Patrick Mullins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067178247
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925849448
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, facsimiles, portraits
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1144100976
Subject
- Challenged books -- Australia
- Literature and morals
- Obscenity (Law) -- Australia
- Penguin Books Australia Ltd -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Australia -- History
- Publishers and publishing -- Australia
- Roth, Philip
- Trials (Obscenity) -- Australia
- Prohibited books -- Australia
- Censorship -- Australia
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