Sova, Dawn B

Contains a series of alphabetically arranged essays that describe one hundred books that have been banned because of language, racial characterization, or depiction of other social differences that their challengers have viewed as harmful to readers.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the censorship histories of 125 plays from ancient times into the twenty-first century, each with the name of the play, the date and place of its original production, and a summary; and includes profiles of the playwrights, and a list of one hundred additional challenged or censored plays.

Presents more than 3,400 alphabetized entries on nineteenth-century American author Edgar Allan Poe's life and career, covering all of his major and most of his minor literary works, and includes a chronology, a selected bibliography, and a list of U.S. research collections on the author.

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 sexual grounds; and includes brief author biographies and a general bibliography.

Presents information on American writer Edgar Allan Poe, featuring alphabetically arranged lists that provide a synopsis, publication history, character profiles, and commentary on each of his published poems and works of fiction, synopses of his essays and reviews, and profiles of important people in his life.

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.