Literary Trials Exceptio Artis and Theories of Literature in Court

• Main Author: Grüttemeier, Ralf (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: London, UK and New York, USA Bloomsbury Academic 2016
• Subjects: libel and slander - congressess; obscenity (law) - congresses; law and literature - congresses; press law - congresses; freedom of expression - congresses; Pornography
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From the 19th century onwards, famous literary trials have caught the attention of readers, academics and the public at large. Indeed it is striking that more often than not, it was the texts of renowned writers that were dealt with by the courts, as for example Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary...