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.
The trials of Portnoy : how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system / Patrick Mullins.
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Publisher
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe, 2020.
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G 2020/5628 , H 2020/1267
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Language
English
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Physical content
329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Intro -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1 Wrap and pay -- 2 In the national interest -- 3 Another country -- 4 The lady -- 5 A literary onanism -- 6 Regulation 4A -- 7 Straws in the wind -- 8 An endemic complaint -- 9 Literature and liberty -- 10 Peppercorns and pyrr...
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Publisher
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe, 2020.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2020.
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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...
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The trials of Portnoy : how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system / Patrick Mullins.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/5628 , H 2020/1267
Record Identifier
74VKapqzkX5A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKapqzkX5A
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ISBN
1925849449 (pbk.)
9781925849448 (pbk.)
DDC
363.310994
MMS ID
991024303219502626
