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Encyclopedia of Censorship
Articles examine the history and evolution of censorship, presented in A to Z format.
Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds
Throughout history, tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions, and democratic governments alike have banned books that challenged their assumptions or questioned their activities. This illustrates the extent and frequency of such censorship in nearly every form of writing.
Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds
Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Revised Edition profiles the censorship of many such essential works of literature. The entries new to this edition include extensive coverage of the Harry Potter series, which has been frequently banned in the United States on the grounds that it promotes witchcraft, as well as entries on two popular textbook series, The Witches by Roald Dahl, Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran, and more. Also included are updates to such entries as The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Censored Books
A collection of essays confronting the censorship issue, including six authors' views and defenses of individual books.
Censored Books II
Presents reasoned arguments to support a wide range of literature that has been frequently challenged by would-be censors.
Reader Response in Secondary and College Classrooms
This text, based on Louise M. Rosenblatt's transactional model of literature, focuses on the application of transactional reader-response theory in the classroom. It grows from frequent requests from secondary school and college teachers for teaching suggestions on how to put theory into practice. This is not a "What should I do on Monday?" cookbook, but an expression of the practice of theory in college and secondary school classrooms. The chapters portray a spectrum of strategies--including biopoems, expressive and imaginative writing, journal writing, readers' theater, role playing, and unsent letters--using as examples individual works from several genres. Recognizing that teachers who m...
120 Banned Books
"From the Bible to The Hate U Give: a completely updated look at the history of censorship in world literature. Throughout history, nations, peoples, and governments have censored writers and their works on political, religious, sexual, and social grounds. Although the literary merit of the majority of these books has been proven time and time again, censorship efforts are still in place today. From Animal Farm to The Grapes of Wrath, The Koran to The Talmud, Beloved to the Harry Potter series, The Canterbury Tales to Catch-22, this revised edition examines the many struggles these books faced in order to be read"--
One Hundred and Twenty Banned Books
Presents summary and censorship accounts of books that have been banned throughout history for political, religious, sexual, and social reasons.
100 Banned Books
Throughout history, books have been banned that challenged assumptions or questioned the authority of gov'ts. Even today, attempts by school boards, local gov'ts., & religious fanatics continue to restrict our freedom to read. This vol. is divided into 4 sections, each covering 25 books suppressed on: (1) political grounds, such as Animal Farm, Dr. Zhivago, The Grapes of Wrath, & Uncle Tom's Cabin; (2) religious grounds, such as The Bible, The Koran, The Talmud, & The Last Temptation of Christ; (3) sexual grounds, such as Madame Bovary, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Ulysses, & Lolita; & (4) social grounds, such as The Canterbury Tales, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Black Like Me, & Fahrenheit 451. Summary & history of each work.
