‘Dukes or Darlings?’: The Scandalous History of Mary Anne Clarke’s Writings | Caroline Breashears

Summary: To Deprave and Corrupt: Forbidden, Hidden and Censored Books | Caroline Breashears The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand (BSANZ) 2010 conference Books have long attracted an array of legal, religious and cultural prohibitions. Most spectacularly, specific books have been decried, seized and publicly destroyed by state and religious institutions. Likewise, there is a long history of conflict over the availability and matter of children's and young adult literature. But 21st-century prohibitions also extend well beyond fiction genres, with anti-terrorism legislation and bans on euthanasia criminalising possession and sale of specific 'how-to' handbooks, or even their consultation in academic research libraries.