| Description |
1 online resource (569 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Introduction; I: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds; II: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds; III: Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds; IV: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds; Index |
| Summary |
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, Ulysses to the Harry Potter series, The Canterbury Tales to The Bell Jar, this revised edition examines the many struggles these books faced in order to be read. Tracing the censorship histories of 120 works from across the world, 120 Banned Books |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Censorship -- History
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Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Challenged books -- United States -- Bibliography
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Challenged books -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Prohibited books -- United States -- Bibliography
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Prohibited books -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Human ecology -- Study and teaching.
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Censorship
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Challenged books
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Human ecology -- Study and teaching
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Prohibited books
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781438138251 |
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1438138253 |
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