Censorship Reports on Graham Greene Novels in 1940s Spain

A database of Spanish censorship board reports on six early novels by Graham Greene submitted in the 1940s. The data was created by a research team for the project "The Reception of English Fiction in Twentieth-century Spain" funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education. The dataset was last updated on October 14,我们发现了一个错误。

Use Cases

• Analyzing censorship criteria and language based on the examination of censors' reports.
• Studying the reception of English-language fiction in 20th-century Spain based on the project's focus.
• Investigating the relationship between political regimes and literary import during the Franco era based on the description.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, historically significant author and time period (Graham Greene, 1940s Spain).
• Originates from a funded research project (Reference HUM2007-63296/FILO), suggesting academic rigor.
• Metadata includes a clear author and organization (Olivares Leyva, Mónica; e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2025-10-14.

Provenance

Source

e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Examination of censors' reports by a research team.

Time Range

Reports from the 1940s on novels published 1929-1936.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-14 21:56:07; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spain