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'''Location:''' London, England | '''Location:''' London, England | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Satyricon'': Comic, picaresque romance that relates the wanderings and escapades of a disreputable trio of adventurers. Surviving portions probably represent about one tenth of the complete work. The longest and best episode of the ''Satyricon'' is the one so-called Cena Trimalchionis, a description of a dinner party given by Trimalchionis that is distinguished by two features: extraordinary realism and the figure of Trimalchionis. | ||
'''The Incident:''' 1934 England-London : This comic satire on Roman life in the time of Nero, under whom Petronius served as a consul and "arbiter" of the public entertainment, survives as a fragment. According to one authority (Donald Thomas, | '''The Incident:''' 1934 England-London : This comic satire on Roman life in the time of Nero, under whom Petronius served as a consul and "arbiter" of the public entertainment, survives as a fragment. According to one authority (Donald Thomas, ''A Long Time Burning''), the first English translation to get in trouble was a modern one. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' 1934 England-London : The book was ordered destroyed by the police court of the City of Westminster. | '''Results of Incident:''' 1934 England-London : The book was ordered destroyed by the police court of the City of Westminster. | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 5 January 2012
Date: 1934
Region: Europe
Subject: Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Literature
Artist: Gaius Pretonius (d.c. A.D. 66)
Confronting Bodies: City of Westminster in London
Dates of Action: 1934
Location: London, England
Description of Artwork: Satyricon: Comic, picaresque romance that relates the wanderings and escapades of a disreputable trio of adventurers. Surviving portions probably represent about one tenth of the complete work. The longest and best episode of the Satyricon is the one so-called Cena Trimalchionis, a description of a dinner party given by Trimalchionis that is distinguished by two features: extraordinary realism and the figure of Trimalchionis.
The Incident: 1934 England-London : This comic satire on Roman life in the time of Nero, under whom Petronius served as a consul and "arbiter" of the public entertainment, survives as a fragment. According to one authority (Donald Thomas, A Long Time Burning), the first English translation to get in trouble was a modern one.
Results of Incident: 1934 England-London : The book was ordered destroyed by the police court of the City of Westminster.
Source: Banned Books 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D., by Anne Lyon Haight, and Chandler B. Grannis, R.R. Bowker Co, 1978.
