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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2000 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
- ISSN
- 0090-7324
- DOI
- 10.1108/00907320010326719
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
D.H. Lawrence thought Lady Chatterley's Lover was his best and most important novel. Yet he had to pay to have it privately printed. His publishers thought his sexual descriptions and language were obscene under the censorship laws of the UK and the USA, and they were right. From 1928 until 1959 no-one could legally publish or sell the unexpurgated novel, and copies were subject to confiscation. All this changed in 1959 when Charles Rembar successfully defended Grove Press's right to publish the novel. His defense, which rested on a unique interpretation of Justice Brennan's opinion in Roth v. United States, introduced the redeeming-social-value test for obscenity. Within six years it revolutionized American obscenity laws, ensuring that sexual material with even a small measure of social value would enjoy First Amendment protection.
Journal
Reference Services Review – Emerald Publishing
Published: Jun 1, 2000
Keywords: Censorship; Freedom of information; Literature; Legal disputes