prohibited books

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
prohibited books

Banned books

2012
Presents issues with opposing viewpoints about banned books.

Bookbanning in America

who bans books?--and why?
1990
Shows how the banning of books affects politics, social status, education, religion, and publishing.

Robert Cormier

banned, challenged, and censored
2008
Discusses the life of author Robert Cormier, his numerous works of literature, and the attempts by public schools and libraries to censor and ban his books.

Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress

2001
Two boys, moved to the country for "re-education" as part of Mao's Cultural Revolution, find little to amuse them, but things change when they discover a stash of Western classics in Chinese translation and use the stories of Balzac to capture the attention of the beautiful daughter of the local tailor.

A universal history of the destruction of books

from ancient Sumer to modern Iraq
2008
A product of ten years of research and support from leading American and European universities, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books traces a tragic story: the smashed tablets of ancient Sumer, the widespread looting of libraries in post-war Iraq, the leveling of the Library of Alexandria, book burnings by Crusaders and Nazis, and censorship against authors past and present. With diligence and grace, B?ez mounts a compelling investigation into the motives behind the destruction of books, reading man's violence against writing as a perverse anti-creation. His findings ultimately attest to the lasting power of books as the great human repository of knowledge and memory, fragile yet vital bulwarks against the intransigence and barbarity of every age.--From publisher description.

Literature suppressed on political grounds

2006
Presents summaries, censorship histories, and further reading lists for over one hundred books that have been legally banned or otherwise censored at some point in history on political grounds; and includes brief author biographies and a general bibliography.

Literature suppressed on social grounds

2006
Presents summaries, censorship histories, and further reading lists for over one hundred books that have been legally banned or otherwise censored at some point in history on social grounds; and includes brief author biographies and a general bibliography.

Literature suppressed on religious grounds

2006
Presents summaries, censorship histories, and further reading lists for over one hundred books that have been legally banned or otherwise censored at some point in history on religious grounds; and includes brief author biographies and a general bibliography.

Banned books

1998
Contains a series of alphabetically arranged essays that describe over one hundred books that have been banned for erotic content, each providing a summary of the text, a censorship history, and a list of resources for further study.

Mark Twain

banned, challenged, and censored
2008
Profiles the life of nineteenth-century author Mark Twain, and discusses the controversy over two of his best-known novels--"Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.".

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - prohibited books