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Author | : Nicholas J. Karolides |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 622 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Censorship |
ISBN | : |
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Literature suppressed on Political grounds.
Author | : Nicholas J. Karolides |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 639 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0816071519 |
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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.
Author | : Dawn B. Sova |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0816071500 |
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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.
Author | : Nicholas Karolides |
Publisher | : Infobase Holdings, Inc |
Total Pages | : 984 |
Release | : 2019-08-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1438149891 |
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Throughout history, tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions, and democratic governments alike have banned books that challenged their assumptions or questioned their activities. Political suppression also occurs in the name of security and the safeguarding of official secrets and is often used as a weapon in larger cultural or political battles. Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds, Fourth Edition illustrates the extent and frequency of such censorship in nearly every form of writing. Entries include: Animal Farm (George Orwell) The Appointment (Herta Müller) Born on the Fourth of July (Ron Kovic) Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer) Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn) Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak) The Fugitive (Pramoedya Anata Toer) Girls of Riyadh (Rajaa Alsanea) The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift) The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas) The Jungle (Upton Sinclair) Kiss of the Spider Woman (Manuel Puig) Manifesto of the Communist Party (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels) Les Misérables (Victor Hugo) Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler) Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.) Snow (Orhan Pamuk) The Struggle Is My Life (Nelson Mandela) The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien) The Vaněk Plays (Václav Havel) and more.
Author | : Margaret Bald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780816033065 |
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Books challenged for religious content include "The Bible," "The Age of Reason," and "The Talmud."
Author | : Dawn B. Sova |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0816071497 |
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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
Author | : Nicholas J. Karolides |
Publisher | : Checkmark Books |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780816060436 |
Download One Hundred and Twenty Banned Books Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presents summary and censorship accounts of books that have been banned throughout history for political, religious, sexual, and social reasons.
Author | : Dawn B. Sova |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1438129939 |
Download Banned Plays Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Nicholas J. Karolides |
Publisher | : Checkmark |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780816085194 |
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"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"--
Author | : Sherman Alexie |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2016-09-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1448188563 |
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An all-new edition of the tragicomic smash hit which stormed the New York Times bestseller charts, now featuring an introduction from Markus Zusak. In his first book for young adults, Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school. This heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written tale, featuring poignant drawings that reflect the character's art, is based on the author's own experiences. It chronicles contemporary adolescence as seen through the eyes of one Native American boy. 'Excellent in every way' Neil Gaiman Illustrated in a contemporary cartoon style by Ellen Forney.