Comstock, Anthony

Japanese: コムストック(英語表記)Comstock, Anthony
Comstock, Anthony
Born March 7, 1844 in New Canaan, Connecticut
Died September 21, 1915, New York, New York. American social reformer. Criticized immoral literary works that tended to corrupt morals, and launched fierce attacks on writers of popular erotic literature (pornography). He worked for the Young Men's Christian Association in New York City from around 1872, and worked hard outside the legislature to get the Comstock Act of 1873 passed.

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Japanese:
[生]1844.3.7. コネティカット,ニューカナーン
[没]1915.9.21. ニューヨーク,ニューヨーク
アメリカの社会改革家。風俗壊乱の傾向のある反道徳的な文学作品を批判し,通俗的な好色文学 (ポルノグラフィー) 作家に激しい攻撃を加えた。 1872年頃からニューヨーク市の青年キリスト者協会に勤務し,1873年「コムストック法」と呼ばれる風俗取締法の成立のための院外活動に努力した。

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