Literature and Morality single work   essay  
  • Author:agent James McAuley http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/mcauley-james
Issue Details: First known date: 1959... 1959 Literature and Morality
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McAuley argues that reluctance to judge the moral quality of literature may stem, not from opposition to censorship, but from an endorsement of immoral attitudes and behaviours. He believes that moral values are intrinsic to human beings, and that great literature must therefore necessarily express these same values.

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    y separately published work icon Manna 1959 Z616426 1959 periodical issue 1959 pg. 8-12
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Essay Lewis Charles Rodd , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968 Z419369 1968 anthology biography autobiography essay Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968 pg. 172-178
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