Word: theys
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Furthermore, he claimed that the writing was filled with "foul language, obscenity, and indecent sexual acts." One of the several criteria for obscenity set forth by the U. S. Supreme Court insists that "the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest." Yet the Hansons...
The work is beautifully written, and is generally recognized as a masterpiece. As another Nobel laureate, Thomas Mann, wrote: "The electrifying influence exercised on a whole generation just after the First World War by Demian ... is unforgetable. With uncanny accuracy this poetic work struck the nerve of the times and...
SO THERE they are: a supreme book, a good book, and a superior book. Yet the Rev. Hanson said of them that literary value "may be hard to find." Furthermore, another of the Supreme Court's criteria for obscenity requires that a work be "utterly without redeeming social value," whereas...
The result was the formation of a Book Review Committee, consisting of four members and two advisors (including Supt. Ryder). Last spring the Committee issued an official report of its activities and findings. The Committee decided to meet with members of the Telstar English Department in order to elicit its...
It is safe to say, then, that neither Maine nor any other state has seen the end of the Linwood Hansons of the world, who must be tirelessly resisted whenever they arise. As to the three novels (all available in paperback), I commend them to any adolescent, and to any...