Aldous Huxley Novels

Date: 1900 - 1925 1926 - 1950

Region: Europe North America

Subject: Explicit Sexuality Political/Economic/Social Opinion Religious

Medium: Literature


Artist: Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963)

Confronting Bodies: Boston State, Irish State, National Organization of Decent Literature

Dates of Action:

Location: U.S.A., Ireland

Description of Artwork: "Antic Hay", 1923 "Point Counter Point", 1928

"Brave New World", 1932

"Eyeless in Gaza", 1936

The Incident: 1930 United States-Boston, Mass.: "Antic Hay" banned on grounds of obscenity. 1930 Ireland: "Point Counter Point" banned on the ground of "offending public morals."

1936 Ireland: "Eyeless in Gaza" banned.

Results of Incident: 1953 United States: "Antic Hay" was placed on the list of publications disapproved by the National Organization of Decent Literature. 1953 Ireland: "Eyeless in Gaza" unbanned by Appeal Board. "Point Counter Point" and other books still banned.

Source: Banned Books 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D., by Anne Lyon Haight, and Chandler B. Grannis, R.R. Bowker Co, 1978.