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A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England

A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England

Thomas, Donald

Paperback

Series: Routledge Revivals

Literary CriticismGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 103286186X
ISBN13: 9781032861869
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 19 2026
Pages: 560
Weight: 1.76
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Censorship of the written word has proved a constant source for debate and argument. To cut or not to cut is a question with a long and fascinating history. First published in 1969, A Long Time Burning is an account of the political, religious, and moral censorship of literature, in the context of English literary history. It is principally concerned with the evolution of a modern pattern of censorship between the abolition of licensing in 1695 and the late Victorian period. The author outlines the motives and methods of censorship, illustrating these by more detailed discussion of such cases as those involving Edmund Curll, John Wilkes, Thomas Paine, William Hone, Richard Carlile, William Dugdale and Henry Vizetelly. The unofficial trade in banned books and the campaigns of the Proclamation Society; the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and the National Vigilance Association are described with the aid of some previously unpublished material.

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