10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOWDLERISM»
Discover the use of
bowdlerism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bowdlerism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, ...
The related eponymous terms are bowdlerize (1836), bowdlerism (1869), and
bowdlerization (1882). Thomas's learned mother, Elizabeth S. Bowdler, had
already produced in 1775 her Commentary on the Song of Solomon
Paraphrased.
2
Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms
2. From. Bears. to. Bowdlerism. BEARS. ARE SCARY ANIMALS. They are so
scary that early northern Europeans referred to them by substitute names for fear
that uttering their real name might beckon these ferocious beasts. Instead, they ...
Bowdlerism stands aghast, shuddering, wofully ' tickled in its catastrophe ; '
cannot for its life understand how this reckless want of reverence for all its
consecrated baggage and pedlar's pack of shibboleths and symbols and phrases
, is yet ...
Bowdlerism stands aghast, shuddering, wofully ' tickled in its catastrophe ; '
cannot for its life understand how this reckless want of reverence for all its
consecrated baggage and pedlar's pack of shibboleths and symbols and phrases
, is yet ...
Bowdlerism stands aghast, shuddering, wofully ' tickled in its catastrophe ; '
cannot for its life understand how this reckless want of reverence for all its
consecrated baggage and pedlar's pack of shibboleths and symbols and phrases
, is yet ...
6
Shakespeariana; a Critical and Contemporary Review of ...
Bowdlerism stands aghast, shuddering, wofully ' tickled in its catastrophe ; '
cannot for its life understand how this reckless want of reverence for all its
consecrated baggage and pedlar's pack of shibboleths and symbols and phrases
, is yet ...
Charlotte Endymion Porter, 1885
7
The Renascence of the English Drama: Essays, Lectures, and ...
Bowdlerism stands aghast, shuddering, wofully " tickled in its catastrophe " ;
cannot for its life understand how this reckless want of reverence for all its
consecrated baggage and pedlar's pack of shibboleths and symbols and phrases
is yet ...
8
The renascence of the English drama: essays, lects., and ...
Bowdlerism stands aghast, shuddering, wofully " tickled in its catastrophe " ;
cannot for its life understand how this reckless want of reverence for all its
consecrated baggage and pedlar's pack of shibboleths and symbols and phrases
is yet ...
Bowdlerism stands aghast, shuddering, wofully ' tickled in its catastrophe ; '
cannot for its life understand how this reckless want of reverence for all its
consecrated baggage and pedlar's pack of shibboleths and symbols and phrases
, is yet ...
Charlotte Endymion Porter, 1885
10
Don't Do It!: A Dictionary of the Forbidden
Censorship In Dr Bowdler's Legacy: A History of Expurgated Books in England
and America (1992), Noel Perrin distinguishes between censorship and what he
calls bowdlerism. While the former is generally done by governments for political
...
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOWDLERISM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bowdlerism is used in the context of the following news items.
To curse or not to curse: the problems of publicising a potty-mouthed …
Connoisseurs of bowdlerism may note that the National is twice as prudish as the Bush, removing the “c” as well as the “u” from the ... «The Guardian, May 15»
Crossword roundup: fräcking Ikea
... that “sad and horrid letter” and almost getting to that blasted “ck”. Not for nothing is its soundalike Battlestar Galactica's bowdlerism of choice. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
James Harding's right: the BBC must do some 'accountability …
The present puritanical Bowdlerism is absurd. ninoinoz. “Let's start with holding people to account. In the offices of our local radio stations and ... «Spectator.co.uk, Dec 13»
3 Simple Censorship Rules Can Safeguard Self-Published Ebooks
... community is up in arms over this synchronized corporate Bowdlerism and virtual-book burning that seeks to purify the ebook community. «Digital Book World, Oct 13»
Thoroughly red in black and white: A journey through Bulgaria's …
... for instance) and which therefore tends to be free from Bowdlerism, and cables posted via Wikileaks – and even the latter have not released, ... «The Sofia Globe, Sep 12»
Leave Huck Finn Alone
Frankly, Scarlett, we give a darn about this kind of bowdlerism. So do I. So, apparently, does much of America, to judge by the widespread ... «The National Interest Online, Jan 11»
Forgive me, spirit of science
... moved for him", it casts into an even funnier light the charming Bowdlerism that heads the page: "The mutual love of Christ and his church". «New Statesman, Dec 10»
Terry Glavin: Canada In Palestine, fascists on campus.
In a sadly typical and error-riddled account of a recent Galloway speech from just the other day, the reader is treated to the bowdlerism that ... «National Post, Nov 10»
Thomas Keymer
Yet it is a good enough instance of the shifts that Johnson deplored. 'Bowdlerism' still survives in the vocabulary of publishing to denote prudish ... «London Review of Books, Dec 07»
