The Trials of Robert Close single work   criticism  
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'In October 1951, the Argus noted that Australia's censorship had "On occasion, when the more modern statutes [were] felt to be inadequate," called "antiquated laws ... into life such as the 'obscene libel' law invoked in the case of Robert Close's novel, Love Me Sailor, and the 'malicious libel' law used ... against Frank Hardy, author, of Power Without Glory'..." At the time Australia's censorship laws were regarded as being among the most narrow minded and repressive imposed by a democratic government anywhere...(Author's introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Script and Print vol. 35 no. 4 2011 Z1870609 2011 periodical issue 2011 pg. 197-218

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Bibliography and Textual Criticism William Baker , 2013 single work bibliography
— Appears in: The Year's Work in English Studies , vol. 92 no. 1 2013; (p. 990-1050)
Bibliography and Textual Criticism William Baker , 2013 single work bibliography
— Appears in: The Year's Work in English Studies , vol. 92 no. 1 2013; (p. 990-1050)
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