Author: Nicholas J. Karolides
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Literature suppressed on Political grounds.
Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds
Author: Nicholas J. Karolides
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Literature suppressed on Political grounds.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Literature suppressed on Political grounds.
Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds
Author: Nicholas J. Karolides
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816071519
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816071519
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
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.
Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds
Author: Dawn B. Sova
Publisher: Facts on File
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Some 100 alphabetical entries describe the content and censorship history of fiction and nonfiction works banned because the authors or works did not conform to the social expectations or because they contained socially unacceptable ideas or speech. Several works, despite limited censorship histories, exhibit the lengths to which censors' fears will take them. Other works have extensive histories of censorship. Includes biographical profiles of authors. Part of a four-volume collection spotlighting some 400 works that have been censored for their political, social, religious, or erotic content, in the US and around the world, from Biblical times to the present. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Facts on File
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Some 100 alphabetical entries describe the content and censorship history of fiction and nonfiction works banned because the authors or works did not conform to the social expectations or because they contained socially unacceptable ideas or speech. Several works, despite limited censorship histories, exhibit the lengths to which censors' fears will take them. Other works have extensive histories of censorship. Includes biographical profiles of authors. Part of a four-volume collection spotlighting some 400 works that have been censored for their political, social, religious, or erotic content, in the US and around the world, from Biblical times to the present. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Banned Books
Author: Nicholas J. Karolides
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Contains biographical profiles of authors.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Contains biographical profiles of authors.
Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
Author: Margaret Bald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816033065
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Books challenged for religious content include "The Bible," "The Age of Reason," and "The Talmud."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816033065
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Books challenged for religious content include "The Bible," "The Age of Reason," and "The Talmud."
Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds, Fourth Edition
Author: Nicholas Karolides
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 1438149891
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 1438149891
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
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.
Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds
Author: Dawn B. Sova
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816071497
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
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
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816071497
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
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
Banned Books
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816062690
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816062690
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Banned Plays
Author: Dawn B. Sova
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438129939
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438129939
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
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.
One Hundred and Twenty Banned Books
Author: Nicholas J. Karolides
Publisher: Checkmark Books
ISBN: 9780816060436
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Presents summary and censorship accounts of books that have been banned throughout history for political, religious, sexual, and social reasons.
Publisher: Checkmark Books
ISBN: 9780816060436
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Presents summary and censorship accounts of books that have been banned throughout history for political, religious, sexual, and social reasons.