Political Censorship of the Arts and the Press in Nineteenth-Century [Hardcover]

Political Censorship of the Arts and the Press in Nineteenth-Century Europe presents a comprehensive account of the attempts by authorities throughout Europe to stifle the growth of political opposition during the nineteenth-century by censoring newspapers, books, caricatures, plays, operas and film. Appeals for democracy and social reform were especially suspect to the authorities, so in Russia cookbooks which refered to 'free air' in ovens were censored as subversive, while in England in 1829 the censor struck from a play the remark that 'honest men at court don't take up much room'. While nineteenth-century European political censorship blocked the open circulation of much opposition writing and art, it never succeeded entirely in its aim since writers, artists and 'consumers' often evaded the censors by clandestine circulation of forbidden material and by the widely practised skill of 'reading between the lines'.List of Plates Preface The Context of Political Censorship in Nineteenth-Century Europe Political Censorship of the Press Political Censorship of Caricature Political Censorship of the Theatre Political Censorship of the Opera Political Censorship of the Cinema Conclusions Notes Index

In his short but highly readable and often entertaining book, Professor Goldstein analyses the different kinds of censorship which were imposed in various European countries throughout the long nineteenth century. & the book has great merits. It deals well with caricature, theatre, opera, and - towards the end of the period - the cinema. (H. Hearder, English Historical Review, April, 1993)

Robert Goldstein, professor of political science at Oakland University in Rochester, Minnesota, should be the first to be considered if one is looking for an understanding of the effect of political censorship in Europe during the nineteenth century. Well researched and clearly written, Political Censorship of the Arts and the Press in Nineteenth-ClCM