Read more Querelle de Brest is not at all, as Jean Genet was accused of, pornography. I have nothing against pornography, but I think it is incompatible with literature because it has an intention of sexual excitement that is not of the order of thought. Genet was prosecuted at the first edition, for the probable reason that it was completed with more than suggestive drawings by Jean Cocteau. One should never draw a picture for a judge. It is easier to interpret than a text, and he only looks at that. In 1956, the 17th correctional chamber of Paris sentenced Genet, for this novel (and the poem "La galère") to eight months in prison suspended and a fine of 100 F for an attack on public decency. In the meantime, the Académie française had asked Cocteau to remove his name from his acceptance speech.
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Brest Quarrel is not at all, as accused Jean Genet, pornography. I have nothing against pornography, but I think it is incompatible with literature because it has an intention of sexual excitement that is not of the order of thought. Genet was prosecuted at the first edition, for the probable reason that it was completed with more than suggestive drawings by Jean Cocteau. You should never draw a picture for a judge. It is easier to interpret than a text, and he only looks at that. In 1956, the 17th correctional chamber of Paris sentenced Genet, for this novel (and the poem "La galère") to eight months in prison suspended and a fine of 100 F for offending public decency. In the meantime, the Académie française had asked Cocteau to remove his name from his acceptance speech.
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