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: 1930, 1936, 1953
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.