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'''Location:''' The United States of America | '''Location:''' The United States of America | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' "Between October 1926 and January 1928 D.H. Lawrence wrote three versions of a novel in which he described the affair of the fictional Lady Constance Chatterly, wife of Sir Clifford Chatterly -an intellectual, writer and Midlands landowner who has been confined to a wheelchair by war wounds- with the estate game-keeper, one Oliver Mellors, the son of a miner. While the book itself, which ends with the lovers each awaiting divorce and looking [[File:Lawrence2.jpg|right]] | '''Description of Artwork:''' "Between October 1926 and January 1928 D.H. Lawrence wrote three versions of a novel in which he described the affair of the fictional Lady Constance Chatterly, wife of Sir Clifford Chatterly -an intellectual, writer and Midlands landowner who has been confined to a wheelchair by war wounds- with the estate game-keeper, one Oliver Mellors, the son of a miner. While the book itself, which ends with the lovers each awaiting divorce and looking forward to their new life life together, does [[File:Lawrence2.jpg|right]]not stray conspicuously from Lawrence's general moral and philosophical attitudes, his use of taboo language far exceed anything acceptable in contemporary fiction." (The Encyclopedia of Censorship, Jonathon Green, Facts on File, N.Y. C. Pg. 166) | ||
'''The Incident:''' The work is deemed "an obscene and filthy work" that cannot be sent through the mail by Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield. | '''The Incident:''' The work is deemed "an obscene and filthy work" that cannot be sent through the mail by Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield. | ||
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[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | [[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | ||
[[Category:Literature]] | [[Category:Literature]] | ||
[[Category:D.H. Lawrence]] | [[Category:D.H. Lawrence]] | ||
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== Chinese Translation == | == Chinese Translation == | ||
====Date: [[:Category:1987|1987]]==== | ====Date: [[:Category:1987|1987]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Asia|Asia]]==== | ====Region: [[:Category:Asia|Asia]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | ====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | ||
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-style: italic;">Lady Chatterly's Lover</span> (Chinese Translation)}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-style: italic;">Lady Chatterly's Lover</span> (Chinese Translation)}} | ||
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