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Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 369

Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds

Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds, Revised Edition examines the issues underlying the suppression of more than 100 works deemed sexually obscene. The entries new to this edition include America by Jon Stewart, Sex by Madonna, The Buffalo Tree by Adam Rapp, and many more. Also included are updates to entries such as Forever by Judy Blume, and more

Edgar Allan Poe, A to Z
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

Edgar Allan Poe, A to Z

An encyclopedic reference to the life and work of this brilliant and complex writer. Entries cover Poe's short fiction, poetry, reviews, essays and articles. Other topics include Poe's family, acquaintenances, and romantic interests, characters in his fiction, places where Poe lived and wrote, magazines and newspapers that employed Poe or published his work, critical and popular reception of his writing.

Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 401

Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds

Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, Revised Edition discusses writings that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or merely ignored official truths; challenged widely held assumptions; or contained ideas or language unacceptable to a state, religious institution, or private moral watchdog. The entries new to this edition include the Captain Underpants series, We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier, and Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven by Margaret Zemach. Also included are updates to the censorship histories of such books as To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men.

How to Write Book Reports
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 90

How to Write Book Reports

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Arco

Discusses the various types of book reviews and offers advice on the organization and writing of reports on fiction, plays, biographies, and collections of shorter works.

How to Write Articles for Newspapers and Magazines
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 119

How to Write Articles for Newspapers and Magazines

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1998
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  • Publisher: Arco

A professional journalist shows students how to write hard-hitting news stories and attention-getting feature articles for newspapers and magazines.

Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 467

Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe

Examines the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe including synopses of many of his works, biographies of family and friends, a discussion of Poe's influence on other writers, and places that influenced his writing.

Banned Plays
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 417

Banned Plays

An alphabetical listing of plays that have been banned throughout history with a short synopsis and reason for banning as well as profiles of the playwrights and other resource material.

Agatha Christie A to Z
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 400

Agatha Christie A to Z

Over 2,500 entries examine the author's life and work, including her relationships with friends and family, her mysterious ten-day disappearance in 1926, synopses of her mystery stories, and film and stage adaptations of her works.

The Encyclopedia of Mistresses
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 314

The Encyclopedia of Mistresses

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: Unknown

"This text is a record of the famous women throughout history who have been branded mistresses, many of whom used their sexual talents in the bedroom to wield heady power in the boardroom, the throne room, the battlefield and even the pulpit."--goodreads.com.

Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds, Fourth Edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 538

Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds, Fourth Edition

When Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata was banned from distribution through the mail (except for first class) in 1890, New York street vendors began selling it from pushcarts carrying large signs reading "Suppressed!" In 1961, the United States Supreme Court pondered whether D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover was lewd or literary. In 1969, the novel was required reading in many college literature courses. Changing sexual mores have moved many formerly forbidden books out of locked cabinets and into libraries and classrooms. Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds, Fourth Edition examines the issues underlying the suppression of more than 120 works deemed sexually obscene. Entries include: A...