Project Gutenberg 2010-01-27 Public domain in the USA. 463 Hackett, Francis 1883 1962 The Invisible Censor The invisible censor -- Whisky -- Billy Sunday, salesman -- Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street -- As an alien feels -- Scientific management -- The next New York -- Chicago -- The clouds of Kerry -- Henry Adams -- The age of innocence -- The Irish revolt -- A limb of the law -- A personal Pantheon -- Night lodging -- Youth and the skeptic -- The spaces of uncertainty or, an ache in the void -- William Butler Yeats -- "With malice toward none" -- War experts -- Okura sees Newport -- The critic and the criticized -- Blind -- "And the earth was dry" -- Telegrams -- Of pleasant things -- The aviator. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.fadedpage.net "The Invisible Censor" by Francis Hackett is a collection of essays and articles written in the early 20th century. The work provides a critical examination of societal norms and the underlying biases that influence the way individuals and events are portrayed in literature and history. Through a focus on the concept of the "invisible censor," Hackett scrutinizes how decorum and social expectations shape public narratives and our understanding of truth. At the start of the text, Hackett reflects on a conversation he had with a cultured woman who dismissed Strachey’s "Eminent Victorians" as "cheap.” This prompts him to explore the idea of the invisible censor—a force that governs what is deemed socially acceptable to express or reveal. He delves into the complexities of biography and storytelling, suggesting that the most valuable insights come from ignoring this censor and allowing for a more honest representation of characters and societal issues. Throughout the opening, he sets the stage for a broader critique of the constraints imposed by decorum and traditional values, indicating his intention to challenge these boundaries in subsequent essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en American essays PS Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 300927 2025-06-14T10:20:32.317404 text/html 301684 2011-01-27T11:30:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 123037 2011-01-27T13:19:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 226367 2025-06-14T10:20:43.705347 application/epub+zip 333006 2025-01-14T10:09:50.968653 application/pdf 326622 2025-01-14T10:09:41.518723 application/pdf 226326 2025-06-14T10:20:37.041398 application/epub+zip 219542 2025-06-14T10:20:34.309399 application/epub+zip 370831 2025-06-14T10:20:48.018312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336990 2025-06-14T10:20:41.897390 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305565 2022-09-16T06:54:00.155326 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265965 2025-06-14T10:20:31.749421 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 266070 2011-01-27T11:30:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 108239 2011-01-27T13:19:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 263547 2011-01-27T11:30:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 107807 2011-01-27T13:19:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 263556 2011-01-27T12:52:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107779 2011-01-27T13:19:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26748 2025-06-14T10:20:48.174314 application/rdf+xml 269470 2025-06-14T10:20:31.602418 text/x-rst 269466 2011-01-27T11:30:22 text/x-rst 117116 2011-01-27T13:19:26 text/x-rst application/zip 13891 2025-06-14T10:20:35.243402 image/jpeg 3444 2025-06-14T10:20:34.783369 image/jpeg 190231 2025-06-14T10:20:32.346415 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia