The Trials of Portnoy
How Penguin Brought Down Australia’s Censorship System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12344487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathan Hollier (Melbourne University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 137-138 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1031-461X • E-ISSN: 1940-5049 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1031461x.2021.1861685 |
| OpenAlex | W3126893441 |
| Language | EN |
The Trials of Portnoy is a detailed account of the decision by the Penguin publishing company in 1970 to publish Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint in Australia, even though this novel had been proh
Censorship · Complaint · Political science · Publishing · American and British Literature Analysis · American Jewish Fiction Analysis · History · Law · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |