Nonsenseorship by George Palmer Putnam et al.
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"Nonsenseorship" by George Palmer Putnam et al. is a collection of essays exploring the themes of censorship and societal prohibitions, likely conceived during the early 20th century. The text provides a critical, often humorous look at the absurdities surrounding censorship, particularly in relation to Prohibition and the cultural landscape of America at the time, involving various contributors who share their unique perspectives on the subject matter. The opening of the work introduces
the concept of "nonsenseorship" and sets the tone for an engaging critique of societal and literary censorship. It features a variety of contributors, including satirical examinations of censorship’s impact on literature, culture, and individual freedoms. For instance, Heywood Broun humorously illustrates the irrationality of censorship by comparing it to the historical lack of control over human behavior, while other contributors discuss the consequences of Prohibition on societal norms and personal freedoms. This diverse range of voices makes the text a lively and thought-provoking read on the whims and follies of censorship. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Broun, Heywood, 1888-1939 |
| Contributor | Chappell, George S. (George Shepard), 1877-1946 |
| Contributor | Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace), 1871-1933 |
| Contributor | Hale, Ruth, 1887-1934 |
| Contributor | Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 |
| Contributor | Irwin, Wallace, 1876-1959 |
| Contributor | Keable, Robert, 1887-1927 |
| Contributor | Lowry, Helen Bullitt |
| Contributor | O'Brien, Frederick, 1869-1932 |
| Contributor | Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967 |
| Contributor | Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-1982 |
| Contributor | Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major), 1873-1958 |
| Contributor | Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949 |
| Contributor | Weaver, John V. A. (John Van Alstyne), 1893-1938 |
| Contributor | Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943 |
| Title | Nonsenseorship |
| Contents | We have with us today, by G. P. P. -- Evolution, another of those outlines, by G. S. Chappell -- Nonsenseorship, by H. Broun -- Literature and the bastinado, by B. Hecht -- The woman's place, by Ruth Hale -- Owed to Volstead, by W. Irwin -- The censorship of thought, by R. Keable -- The uninhibited flapper, by Helen B. Lowry -- The wowzer in the South Seas, by F. O'Brien -- Reformers: a hymn of hate, by Dorothy Parker -- Prohibition, by F. Swinnerton -- A guess at unwritten history, by H. M. Tomlinson -- In vino demi-tasse, by C. H. Towne -- Bootleg, by J. V. A. Weaver -- And the playwright, by A. Wollcott -- The oracle that always says "no", by the author of the "Mirrors of Washington." |
| Credits |
Text file produced by Steve Schulze, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the CWRU Preservation Department Digital Library HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections |
| Subject | Satire, American |
| Subject | Censorship |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 6678 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-06678-3 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jul 2, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 727 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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