Anthony Comstock (1844–1915)
Autor de Traps for the Young
Sobre El Autor
Anthony Comstock (1844-1915) was the self-styled guardian of the moral purity of youth, special agent of the Post Office Department, founder and leading spirit of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, and premier anti-vice crusader in American History.
Créditos de la imagen: Image from Anthony Comstock, fighter : some impressions of a lifetime of adventure in conflict with the powers of evil (1913) by Charles Gallaudet Trumbull
Obras de Anthony Comstock
Morals versus Art 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1844-03-07
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1915-09-21
- Lugar de sepultura
- The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
- Ocupaciones
- postal inspector
- Organizaciones
- New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
Miembros
Reseñas
Traps for the Young (John Harvard Library) por Anthony Comstock
Anthony Comstock did some good work against various frauds and scams, but went overboard against anything he considered indecent, such as "smutt" or nudity or free love. A self-appointed arbiter of public morality, he employed methods that were cruel and often criminal. He boasted of the pornographers he had hounded to death. In this book he warns about the dire consequences of indulgence in "free lust" or "the sportin' life" or dime novels or flesh and spirit. The author was unbalanced, but the book has some limited value to readers interested in censorship issues or the history of censorship.… (más)
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Miembros
- 21
- Popularidad
- #570,576
- Valoración
- 2.0
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 7