Censorship Reports on Stephen D. Frances Novels in Franco's Spain

Franco's Spain is the focus of this database, which comprises the examination of censors' reports on 22 main works by author Stephen D. Frances, published between 1952 and 1970. The data was created as part of the research project 'The Reception of English Fiction in Twentieth-century Spain: Editions, Criticism and Censorship', funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education. The dataset was last updated on October 14, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze patterns of censorship intervention based on the listed novel titles and publication years.
• Study the reception of English-language fiction in Spain during the Franco regime.
• Conduct comparative analysis of censorship across different literary works from 1952 to 1970.
• Research the thematic or linguistic elements that triggered censorship reports in the described period.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, well-defined corpus of 22 novels by a single author.
• Covers a substantial time range of literary production and censorship from 1952 to 1970.
• Originates from a formally funded academic research project (HUM2007-63296/FILO).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative tasks.
• The dataset's structure and granularity are not described, requiring manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

Research project 'The Reception of English Fiction in Twentieth-century Spain: Editions, Criticism and Censorship'.

Collection Method

Examination of censors' reports on specific literary works.

Time Range

Covers novels published from 1952 to 1970.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10 14 21:38:37; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spain, specifically during the Franco regime.