Theodore Dreiser's The Genius

• Date: 1900 - 1925

• Location: USA

• Subject: Behavior

• Medium: Literature

• Artist/Author/Producer: Theodore Dreiser

• Confronting Bodies: Society for the Suppression of Vice

• Dates of action: 1915

• Location: New York City

Description of the Art Work

Theodore Dreiser's autobiographical book, The Genius .

Description of incident

Anthony Comstock's organization, Society for the Suppression of Vice, successfully suppresses the book.

Results of incident

In 1923, the book was republished in 1923, with a disclaimer which attempted to address the the vice society's condemnation.

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