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'In October 1951, the Argus noted that Australia's censorship had "On occasion,
when the more modern statutes [were] felt to be inadequate," called "antiquated
laws ... into life such as the 'obscene libel' law invoked in the case of Robert Close's
novel, Love Me Sailor, and the 'malicious libel' law used ... against Frank Hardy,
author, of Power Without Glory'..." At the time Australia's censorship laws
were regarded as being among the most narrow minded and repressive imposed
by a democratic government anywhere...(Author's introduction)
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Bibliography and Textual Criticism
2013
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bibliography
— Appears in: The Year's Work in English Studies , vol. 92 no. 1 2013; (p. 990-1050)
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Bibliography and Textual Criticism
2013
single work
bibliography
— Appears in: The Year's Work in English Studies , vol. 92 no. 1 2013; (p. 990-1050)
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Subjects:
- Love Me Sailor 1945 single work novel
- Power Without Glory : A Novel in Three Parts 1950 single work novel
- The Uncounted Cost 1910 single work novel
- Censored! : Being a True Account of a Notable Fight for Your Right to Read and Know, With Some Comment Upon the Plague of Censorship in General 1947 single work non-fiction
- Of Salt and Earth : An Autobiography 1977 single work autobiography
- Morn of Youth 1945 single work autobiography
- We Were the Rats 1944 single work novel
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