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Review of Elisabet Ladenson's "Dirt for Art’s Sake"

This article reviews Elisabet Ladenson's book "Dirt for Art’s Sake. Books on Trial from Madame Bovary to Lolita," which explores the history of books deemed immoral and put on trial. The review quotes Oscar Wilde on the nature of such literature.

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