When John Sumner’s society for the suppression of vice seized James Branch Cabell’s novel Jurgen in 1920, its publisher went to court. This record, edited by Guy Holt, reprints the brief for the defence, arguing that the test is literary rather than pornographic and that the book read as a whole passes it, together with the court’s decision.
A landmark document in the history of American censorship, for lovers of Cabell and free expression. Download the free EPUB.