Monday, Aug 02, 2004
Monday, Aug 02, 2004 |
| Miscellaneous | ||||
|
News:
Front Page |
National |
Tamil Nadu |
Andhra Pradesh |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
New Delhi |
Other States |
International |
Opinion |
Business |
Sport |
Miscellaneous |
Entertainment |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Miscellaneous
-
This Day That Age
The Swindon Borough Magistrates in Swindon (Wiltshire) on July 29 ordered the destruction of Boccaccio's classic, The Decameron, on the ground that it was obscene. A defending lawyer warned them that the book had been regarded as a classic for 500 years and that Shakespeare's "All's Well that Ends Well" was derived from it. "In any case it was unlikely to fall into the hands of young people or to harm them. It took a person of some education to understand it - and it cost three guineas sterling." The court ordered 65 books in all out of 348 seized from a local shop to be destroyed.
Printer friendly
page
News:
Front Page |
National |
Tamil Nadu |
Andhra Pradesh |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
New Delhi |
Other States |
International |
Opinion |
Business |
Sport |
Miscellaneous |
Entertainment |
|
|
|
The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription Group Sites: The Hindu | Business Line | The Sportstar | Frontline | The Hindu eBooks | Home |
Copyright © 2004, The
Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of
this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of
The Hindu
|
