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Children's Classics Under Franco
Ian Craig
其他書名
Censorship of the "William" Books and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
出版
Peter Lang
, 2001
主題
Education / General
History / Europe / Spain
Juvenile Nonfiction / Literary Criticism & Collections
Literary Collections / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / European / Spanish & Portuguese
Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory
Literary Criticism / Books & Reading
Literary Criticism / Children's & Young Adult Literature
Political Science / General
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / Censorship
Social Science / General
ISBN
390676687X
9783906766874
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hM5zQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This monograph reveals the surprising fate of Mark Twain's
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
and Richmal Crompton's «William» books under Franco. The «William» books began to be persecuted by the censors in late 1942, precisely the moment when the regime was seeking a rapprochement with the Allied powers. This prohibition cannot be understood without exploring the factors that differentiate children's literature from adult literature in the context of Francoism. The books' peculiarly English character also had a vital bearing on how they were censored. Early in the regime, the censors generally considered
Tom Sawyer
to be a classic for adults. From the mid-1950s, however, children's literature was defined as a special category in censorship legislation, and the censors began to view editions of the work as specifically intended for children.
Tom Sawyer
thus encountered censorship problems in the later years of the regime, supposedly more liberal than the earlier period. The fate of both Twain and Crompton's work, and that of other authors discussed, would be inexplicable without examining the evolution of the publishing industry and Francoist attitudes to literature and the child. A detailed analysis of the type of allusions that motivated censorship - religious, sexual, political or violent - is also included.