"Freedom of the Pen -- Authors' Grave Concern."
Bates is one of seven signatories of this letter concerned that obscenity trials might "open the way to a puritanical crusade, backed by police prosecution, against authors who claim the liberty and the right of describing the realities of life, freely and fearlessly for adult minds." There is no evidence that Bates participated in the writing of the text. In the Times (October 27, 1954, p. 7).
ID:
cx112
Title:
"Freedom of the Pen -- Authors' Grave Concern."
Genre:
Essay
Page Count:
1
Word Count:
ca. 250
Publisher:
Times
Year of Publication:
1954
Topic:
Literary Life
Document Type:
Eads, Additions to
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