Censorship of The Arts in America (via Goodtalking’s Weblog)

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This is a nice article on censorship from another blog.

I have written before of America’s attitudes to the human body, and it’s censorship practices. I would like to expand on that and look now at Literature. It seems that in America certain standard and well known historical books are the subject of bans and restrictions to prevent unsuitable material from falling into the hands of innocent children. That sounds eminently sensible until you look at the list of books that have been censored. Such cla … Read More

via Goodtalking’s Weblog

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