Ralf Grüttemeier is Professor and Chair of Dutch Literature in the Faculty of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at Oldenburg University, Germany. He has formerly held the positions of Dean of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at Oldenburg University, Research Fellow of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study, and co-editor and editor-in-chief of the journal Internationale Neerlandistiek. He is co-editor of the journal Spiegel der Letteren.

• AcknowledgmentsLiterary trials as mirrors. An introductionRalf Grüttemeier (Oldenburg University, Germany)I. Towards more autonomy of literature. Histories of literary trials1. The Legal Responsibility of the Writer between Objectivity and Subjectivity: The French Case (19th-21st Century)Gisèle Sapiro (CNRS (Centre de sociologie européenne-Paris), France)2. The Making of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act: Trials and Debates on Literary Obscenity in Britain Before the Case of Lady ChatterleyAnton Kirchhofer (Oldenburg University, Germany)3. Law and the Literary Field in South Africa, 1910-2010Ted Laros (Oldenburg University, Germany)4. De Sade as a Benchmark. Dutch Legal Actions Against Obscenity in Literature, Theatre and Film in the 1960s and 70sKlaus Beekman (Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands)5. Freedom of Satire? Oscar Panizza’s Play Das Liebeskonzil in a Series of Trials in Germany and AustriaClaudia Lieb (University of Münster, Germany)6. ‘Words Are No Deeds’: Trials Against Literature in the Soviet UnionSylvia Sasse (University of Zürich, Switzerland)II. Change of Rules? The Challenges of Defamation and Religion7. Literature Losing Legal Ground in Germany? The Case of Maxim Biller’s Esra (2003-2009)Ralf Grüttemeier (Oldenburg University, Germany)8. Defamation Trials in Belgium: The Case of Herman Brusselmans’ Uitgeverij GuggenheimerKatharina Hupe (Oldenburg University, Germany)9. Libellous Literature: Elton John and the Perils of Close ReadingPeter D. McDonald (University of Oxford, UK)10. ‘The law is a ass’: Obscenity, Blasphemy and Other Literary Offences After Lady ChatterleyMartin A. Kayman (Cardiff University, UK)Notes on ContributorsIndex

This edited collection is remarkably cohesive, whilst at the same time it covers an impressive scope.

Ralf Grüttemeier is Professor and Chair of Dutch Literature in the Faculty of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at Oldenburg University, Germany. He has formerly held the positions of Dean of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at Oldenburg University, Research Fellow of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study, and co-editor and editor-in-chief of the journal Internationale Neerlandistiek. He is co-editor of the journal Spiegel der Letteren.

• AcknowledgmentsLiterary trials as mirrors. An introductionRalf Grüttemeier (Oldenburg University, Germany)I. Towards more autonomy of literature. Histories of literary trials1. The Legal Responsibility of the Writer between Objectivity and Subjectivity: The French Case (19th-21st Century)Gisèle Sapiro (CNRS (Centre de sociologie européenne-Paris), France)2. The Making of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act: Trials and Debates on Literary Obscenity in Britain Before the Case of Lady ChatterleyAnton Kirchhofer (Oldenburg University, Germany)3. Law and the Literary Field in South Africa, 1910-2010Ted Laros (Oldenburg University, Germany)4. De Sade as a Benchmark. Dutch Legal Actions Against Obscenity in Literature, Theatre and Film in the 1960s and 70sKlaus Beekman (Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands)5. Freedom of Satire? Oscar Panizza’s Play Das Liebeskonzil in a Series of Trials in Germany and AustriaClaudia Lieb (University of Münster, Germany)6. ‘Words Are No Deeds’: Trials Against Literature in the Soviet UnionSylvia Sasse (University of Zürich, Switzerland)II. Change of Rules? The Challenges of Defamation and Religion7. Literature Losing Legal Ground in Germany? The Case of Maxim Biller’s Esra (2003-2009)Ralf Grüttemeier (Oldenburg University, Germany)8. Defamation Trials in Belgium: The Case of Herman Brusselmans’ Uitgeverij GuggenheimerKatharina Hupe (Oldenburg University, Germany)9. Libellous Literature: Elton John and the Perils of Close ReadingPeter D. McDonald (University of Oxford, UK)10. ‘The law is a ass’: Obscenity, Blasphemy and Other Literary Offences After Lady ChatterleyMartin A. Kayman (Cardiff University, UK)Notes on ContributorsIndex

This edited collection is remarkably cohesive, whilst at the same time it covers an impressive scope.

Ralf Grüttemeier is Professor and Chair of Dutch Literature in the Faculty of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at Oldenburg University, Germany. He has formerly held the positions of Dean of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at Oldenburg University, Research Fellow of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study, and co-editor and editor-in-chief of the journal Internationale Neerlandistiek. He is co-editor of the journal Spiegel der Letteren.

• AcknowledgmentsLiterary trials as mirrors. An introductionRalf Grüttemeier (Oldenburg University, Germany)I. Towards more autonomy of literature. Histories of literary trials1. The Legal Responsibility of the Writer between Objectivity and Subjectivity: The French Case (19th-21st Century)Gisèle Sapiro (CNRS (Centre de sociologie européenne-Paris), France)2. The Making of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act: Trials and Debates on Literary Obscenity in Britain Before the Case of Lady ChatterleyAnton Kirchhofer (Oldenburg University, Germany)3. Law and the Literary Field in South Africa, 1910-2010Ted Laros (Oldenburg University, Germany)4. De Sade as a Benchmark. Dutch Legal Actions Against Obscenity in Literature, Theatre and Film in the 1960s and 70sKlaus Beekman (Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands)5. Freedom of Satire? Oscar Panizza’s Play Das Liebeskonzil in a Series of Trials in Germany and AustriaClaudia Lieb (University of Münster, Germany)6. ‘Words Are No Deeds’: Trials Against Literature in the Soviet UnionSylvia Sasse (University of Zürich, Switzerland)II. Change of Rules? The Challenges of Defamation and Religion7. Literature Losing Legal Ground in Germany? The Case of Maxim Biller’s Esra (2003-2009)Ralf Grüttemeier (Oldenburg University, Germany)8. Defamation Trials in Belgium: The Case of Herman Brusselmans’ Uitgeverij GuggenheimerKatharina Hupe (Oldenburg University, Germany)9. Libellous Literature: Elton John and the Perils of Close ReadingPeter D. McDonald (University of Oxford, UK)10. ‘The law is a ass’: Obscenity, Blasphemy and Other Literary Offences After Lady ChatterleyMartin A. Kayman (Cardiff University, UK)Notes on ContributorsIndex

This edited collection is remarkably cohesive, whilst at the same time it covers an impressive scope.