y separately published work icon Lolita (International) assertion single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 Lolita
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Banned in Australia

Censorship Agencies: Literature Censorship Board
Decision: 21 Feb 1958
NAA Source: C4129/1; Box L; C4371/1; Box 1 Folder L
Censorship notes: The novel was reviewed by the Appeals Censor on 22.04.1958 and the prohibition was maintained. It was also maintained at a 1963 review.
Censorship notes: The book was released by the Minister at a cyclical review on 21.07.1965.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Rhymes with Hyenas Heather Taylor Johnson , Canberra : Recent Work Press , 2021 20909627 2021 selected work poetry

'Imagine if six famous protagonists transcended chronological and geographical barriers to come together through a poetry group in Adelaide. Rhymes with Hyenas is an inventive narrative of emails and poetry that gives a female voice to characters originally written by men. They are Ursula from DH Lawrence’s Women in Love, Caddy from Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, Melanie from Coetzee’s Disgrace, Delores from Nabokov’s Lolita, Katherina from Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, and Lilith from Hebrew mythology.

'In a poignant ode to literature and Adelaide, these women are whole, complex characters, sometimes up to their breasts in mothering, sometimes homesick for exiled lands. They are lecturers, dog owners, art makers and carers who deal with illness and loss, with racism and addiction and domestic abuse. Their stories, initially limited by the masterpieces that spawned them, continue on: they are not a closed book.

'In a vibrant commentary on literary patriarchy and the patriarchy beyond, this book considers the place of writing, critiquing, reading, performing and publishing poetry in a woman’s space.'

Source : publisher's blurb

The Athens of the South Alison Broinowski , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Adelaide : A Literary City 2014; (p. 147-161)
Seduced by the Prose, Not the Pervert : My Favourite Novel Louis Nowra , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 - 6 November 2011; (p. 18-19)
Seduced by the Prose, Not the Pervert : My Favourite Novel Louis Nowra , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 - 6 November 2011; (p. 18-19)
The Athens of the South Alison Broinowski , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Adelaide : A Literary City 2014; (p. 147-161)
y separately published work icon Rhymes with Hyenas Heather Taylor Johnson , Canberra : Recent Work Press , 2021 20909627 2021 selected work poetry

'Imagine if six famous protagonists transcended chronological and geographical barriers to come together through a poetry group in Adelaide. Rhymes with Hyenas is an inventive narrative of emails and poetry that gives a female voice to characters originally written by men. They are Ursula from DH Lawrence’s Women in Love, Caddy from Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, Melanie from Coetzee’s Disgrace, Delores from Nabokov’s Lolita, Katherina from Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, and Lilith from Hebrew mythology.

'In a poignant ode to literature and Adelaide, these women are whole, complex characters, sometimes up to their breasts in mothering, sometimes homesick for exiled lands. They are lecturers, dog owners, art makers and carers who deal with illness and loss, with racism and addiction and domestic abuse. Their stories, initially limited by the masterpieces that spawned them, continue on: they are not a closed book.

'In a vibrant commentary on literary patriarchy and the patriarchy beyond, this book considers the place of writing, critiquing, reading, performing and publishing poetry in a woman’s space.'

Source : publisher's blurb

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