Better Left Unsaid : Victorian Novels, Hays Code Films, and the Benefits of Censorship

Stanford University Press

Better Left Unsaid is in the unseemly position of defending censorship from the central allegations that are traditionally leveled against it. Taking two genres generally presumed to have been stymied by the censor's knife\u2014the Victorian novel and classical Hollywood film\u2014this book reveals the varied ways in which censorship, for all its blustery self-righteousness, can actually be good for sex, politics, feminism, and art. As much as Victorianism is equated with such cultural impulses as repression and prudery, few scholars have explored the Victorian novel as a \""censored\"" commodity\u2014thanks, in large part, to the indirectness and intangibility of England's literary censorship process. This indirection stands in sharp contrast to the explicit, detailed formality of Hollywood's infamous\n\nBetter Left Unsaid\nVictorian Novels, Hays Code Films, and the Benefits of Censorship\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using ;