Aesthetics of Obscenity
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This essay locates Lawrence’s infamous novel about sex between the “Lady” of the title and her husband’s gamekeeper in the debates about censorship and aesthetics. Over fifty years have passed since the novel and Penguin publishers were acquitted of the charges of obscenity. In terms of aesthetics, the novel attempts to flaunt traditional concerns argued by the Earl of Shaftebury about “disinterested” enjoyment of art by aristocrats and to draw on topics considered the realm of pornography in order to stimulate readers into healthy consciousness. Plato’s emphasis on morality and Aristotle’s theory of catharsis both come under consideration, as do contemporary theories of obscenity that give further reasons to see Lawrence’s work as salutary and still relevant.
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This essay locates Lawrence’s infamous novel about sex between the “Lady” of the title and her husband’s gamekeeper in the debates about censorship and aesthetics. Over fifty years have passed since the novel and Penguin publishers were acquitted of the charges of obscenity. In terms of aesthetics, the novel attempts to flaunt traditional concerns argued by the Earl of Shaftebury about “disinterested” enjoyment of art by aristocrats and to draw on topics considered the realm of pornography in order to stimulate readers into healthy consciousness. Plato’s emphasis on morality and Aristotle’s theory of catharsis both come under consideration, as do contemporary theories of obscenity that give further reasons to see Lawrence’s work as salutary and still relevant.
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