Comstockery and censorship in early American modernism / Karen E. Mahar

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dc.contributor.authorMahar, Karen E.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorMonk, Craig
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-06T19:16:43Z
dc.date.available2012-02-06T19:16:43Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionvi, 99 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractAnthony Comstock was a moral crusader who abhorred all things lewd and obscene, and who was successful in introducing the Comstock Law to help his fight against it. His lifelong battle against vice at the end of the nineteenth-century had an impact on literature and the literary world as it transitioned from Victorian prudery to modernist realism. Comstock’s influence negatively affected publishers, distributers, and writers, in particular, canonical Americans Walt Whitman and Theodore Dreiser. His methods were unconventional, and in the name of morality, Comstock often behaved immorally to achieve his goals of protecting youth from being corrupted by obscenity. The question of the value of censorship was present then, as it still endures today, and centered on the potential harm of viewing or reading obscene materials. Although Comstock presented an impressive record of confiscations and arrests, his crusade did not have a lasting effect beyond the fin de siècle.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/2601
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of English, 2011en_US
dc.publisher.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectComstock, Anthony, 1844-1915en_US
dc.subjectLiterature and morals -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryen_US
dc.subjectCensorship -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryen_US
dc.subjectSocial reformers -- United Statesen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleComstockery and censorship in early American modernism / Karen E. Maharen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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