10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOWDLERISATION»
Discover the use of
bowdlerisation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bowdlerisation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Vision of Dante: Cary's Translation of The Divine Comedy
poeticising categories labelled historicising (use of archaisms), elevation of
diction (bowdlerisation and use of poeticisms) and interpolation or amplification (
addition of poetic markers). But the second category, elevation of diction, would
have ...
2
Jews in Business and Their Representation in German ...
The bowdlerisation controversy took place in an era of heightened anti- Semitic
tension when many right-wing elements held the Jews responsible for Germany's
defeat in the Great War. The judeophobic characterisations in the novel, which ...
3
The Superior Person's Third Book of Well-bred Words
In fact, history has been quite unfair in branding Bowdler as a puritanical wowser,
since a reading of his edition by your intrepid author revealed that his "
bowdlerisation" consisted almost exclusively of the replacement of a few select
words ...
4
The Second Part of King Henry IV
Apart from some bowdlerisation, the discreet addition of odd connecting lines
between scenes and the substitution of the Mayor of London for the Lord Chief
Justice, the adaptation is respectful and workmanlike. It avoids the temptation to ...
William Shakespeare, Giorgio Melchiori, 2007
5
Unlocking Speaking and Listening
Bowdlerisation — a word about a word Related to the adaptation and editing of
stories is the issue of bowdlerisation (after Thomas Bowdler (1754—1825) who
published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare). The fear of violence and ...
Deborah Jones, Pamela Hodson, 2012
Curither's hopes to save Irish genealogy from monkish bowdlerisation and
falsification came to nothing. Luckily the tonsured boyos weren't too good at their
job and a few clues were left. His scheme to adapt the saga to Irish needs came
to ...
7
Making Meaning: "Printers of the Mind" and Other Essays
Finally, however, we must note Congreve's self-censoring bowdlerisation of his
texts. The process began after Love for Love in 1695 so that Collier's attacks in
1698 were ahnost superfluous; but by 1710, in deference to the Queen, in
defence ...
Donald Francis McKenzie, Peter D. McDonald, Michael Felix Suarez, 2002
Balzac, then, sees in Bembo's lament a disguised version of Politian's death
singing on his lute a love song to a girl — a bowdlerisation of Giovio's story,
admittedly, but it is to Giovio that he refers Colardeau. 17 Balzac is clear that
Bembo's ...
Ingrid de Smet, Philip Ford, 1997
9
The Taylor Effect: Responding to A Secular Age
He goes on to point out that the charge of mutilation against Christianity has not
precluded the very different charge of bowdlerisation: that, actually, Christianity
cannot face the refractory elements of the human condition that give rise to ...
Ian Leask, Ian Leask with Eoin Cassidy, Alan Kearns, 2010
10
The Bibliotheck: A Scottish Journal of Bibliography and ...
The bowdlerisation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's A Scots quair J. Idle In the last few
years James Leslie Mitchell, better known as Lewis Grass! c Gibbon, has at last
begun to receive the critical attention he deserves. After considerable literary ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOWDLERISATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bowdlerisation is used in the context of the following news items.
Bó Drake, London W1, restaurant review
... render as S---disco, a gauchely uncool act of bowdlerisation which will no doubt earn me his undying contempt) and his South Korean wife. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Ipswich man fined for refusing to clear up his dog's mess after it …
What a ridiculous bowdlerisation! Is it too honest to say "defecate"? If you're going use stupid terms like "go to the toilet" why not go the whole ... «Ipswich Star, May 15»
Clean Reader is a freaking silly idea, but in the end you can't stop …
... nothing of female dogs). She mentions Victorian Bowdlerisation, Nazi book-burnings and Isis smashing up the ancient artworks of Nimrud. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
A sneak preview of next Saturday's book review pages in The Irish …
... and Sara Keating's ebooks column looks at a new form of censorship or bowdlerisation of literature. The Hennessy New Irish Writing winners ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
Wolf Hall's Mark Rylance was wrong to bowdlerise Shakespeare
Bowdlerisation, of course, is the first cousin of censorship, there not being terribly much to choose between the two. Their promoters are ... «Herald Scotland, Feb 15»
Bad news: Universal is 'reimagining' its classic monsters
... the arch alliance of classic horror movie characters in the botched bowdlerisation of Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
The cheeky one
When I spot bowdlerisation of this dish on a menu, I simply skip it. I've seen the addition of ham, mushrooms, onion, cream and even peas to ... «Times of Malta, Dec 14»
'Le Jour Se Lève' (1938) - Restored and Remastered 2014, a …
This film, now 75 years old, has now been restored to the highest digital standard, having suffered from decay, censorship and bowdlerisation. «Huffington Post UK, Oct 14»
Celebs battle for right to be seen nude, says Tanya Banon
Is it a curse or a boon to have bowdlerisation? However, the relevance of the issue is not restricted to journalists alone, given that we may be ... «India Today, Jun 14»
Simpson escorts a wounded soldier to safety during the Gallipoli …
The classic case of denial and distortion in this regard was the unctuous Sir Irving Benson who, in the 1960s, set a standard for bowdlerisation ... «The Australian, Jan 14»
