Alexander George Craig  

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Alexander George (Alec) Craig (1897–1973) was an author and poet, who wrote extensively about banned books. Craig was interested more generally in sexual behaviour and reform, and was also engaged with the socialist movement. He was involved with the Progressive League, reviewing books for their journal.

His papers are in the archives of Senate House Library.

Publications

  • Banned Books of England 1937
  • Above All Liberties 1942
  • Aspirin Eaters [Poems] 1943
  • Sex and Revolution 1934
  • Outline of a Baudelaire bibliography (article) 1945
  • Voice of Merlin [a poem] 1946
  • Recent developments in the Law of Obscene Libel in England (article) 1952
  • Bibliography of nudism (article) 1954
  • Prometheans [Verse] 1955
  • Memoranda of evidence submitted to the Select Committees of the House of Commons on obscene publications (contributor) 1958
  • Banned Books of England and Other Countries. A study of the conception of literary obscenity 1962
  • Suppressed Books A History Of The Conception Of Literary Obscenity 1963




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