120 banned books : censorship histories of world literature / Nicholas J. Karolides, Margaret Bald, and Dawn B. Sova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karolides, Nicholas J.

Contributor:

Bald, Margaret.

Sova, Dawn B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Censorship--United States--History--20th century.

Censorship.

Prohibited books--United States--History--20th century.

Prohibited books.

Challenged books--United States--History--20th century.

Challenged books.

Censorship--History.

History.

Prohibited books--United States--Bibliography.

Challenged books--United States--Bibliography.

United States.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 560 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

One hundred and twenty banned books

One hundred twenty banned books

Place of Publication:

New York : Checkmark Books, [2011]

Summary:

From Gossip Girl to The Kite Runner - a completely updated look at the history of censorship in world literature

Throughout history, writers and their works have been censored on political, religious, sexual, and social grounds. Although the literary merit of the major ity 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 have faced in order to be read.

Tracing the censorship histories of 120 works from across the world, 720 Banned Books, Second Edition provides a summary of each work, its censor ship history, and suggestions for further reading. Many new titles have been added to. reflect controversies in recent years, and updates have been made to existing entries on famous works that continue to provoke challenges.

New entries include

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie (banned on social grounds)

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (banned on religious grounds)

Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea (banned on political grounds)

The Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar (banned on sexual grounds) The trilogy His

Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (banned on religious grounds)

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (banned on social grounds)

The Twilight series by Stephenie IVIeyer (banned on sexual grounds)

and many more Book jacket.

Contents:

Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds

All Quiet on the Western Front / Erich Maria Remarque Remarque, Erich Maria 3

Andersonville / MacKinlay Kantor Kantor, MacKinlay 8

The Appointment / Herta Müller Müller, Herta 13

Areopagitica / John Milton Milton, John 18

Black Boy / Richard Wright Wright, Richard 22

Burger's Daughter / Nadine Gordimer Gordimer, Nadine 31

Bus Stop (Chezhan) / Gao Xingjian Xingjian, Gao 35

The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up / Liao Yiwu Yiwu, Liao 38

Doctor Zhivago / Boris Pasternak Pasternak, Boris 44

The Fugitive (Perburuan)

Pramoedya Ananta Toer 49

Girls of Riyadh / Rajaa Alsanea Alsanea, Rajaa 53

The Grapes of Wrath / John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John 57

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 71

I Am the Cheese / Robert Cormier Cormier, Robert 78

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse Peter / Matthiessen 86

Johnny Got His Gun / Dalton Trumbo Trumbo, Dalton 98

Kiss of the Spider Woman / Manuel Puig Puig, Manuel 102

The Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx Marx, Karl, Friedrich Engels Engels, Friedrich 105

Mein Kampf / Adolf Hitler Hitler, Adolf 112

My Brother Sam Is Dead James / Lincoln Collier Collier, Lincoln, Christopher Collier Collier, Christopher 123

1984 / George Orwell Orwell, George 126

Novel Without a Name / Duong, Thu Huong Huong, Thu 131

The Prince (II Principe) / Niccol? Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccol? 137

El Se?or Presidente / Miguel Angel Asturias Asturias, Miguel Angel 142

Slaughterhouse-Five: Or, the Children's Crusade, a Duty Dance with Death / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr Jr, Kurt Vonnegut, 146

Snow / OrhanPamuk 156

Spycatcber / Peter Wright Wright, Peter 160

The Things They Carried / Tim O'Brien O'Brien, Tim 166

Uncle Tom's Cabin / Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher 169

A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in The Conquered City Anonymous 175

Literature Suppressed on religious Grounds

The Age of Reason / Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas 186

The Bible 190

The Cartoons That Shook the World / Jytte Klausen Klausen, Jytte 196

Children of the Alley Naguib Mahfouz 204

Christianity Restored / Michael Servetus Servetus, Michael 208

Church: Charism and Power: Liberation Theology and the Institutional Church / Leonardo Boff Boff, Leonardo 211

Concerning Heretics / Sebastian Castellio Castellio, Sebastian 214

The Da Vinci Code / Dan Brown Brown, Dan 217

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems / Galileo Galilei Galilei, Galileo 223

Essays / Michel de Montaigne Montaigne, Michel de 226

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's / Stone J.K. Rowling Rowling, Stone J.K. 229

The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World / Nawal El Saadawi Saadawi, Nawal El 236

His Dark Materials Trilogy, Book I: The Golden Compass / Philip Pullman Pullman, Philip 240

Impressions Reading Series / Jack Booth, gen. ed ed, Jack Booth, gen. 245

Infallible? An Inquiry / Hans K?ng K?ng, Hans 251

The Jewel of Medina / Sherry Jones Jones, Sherry 254

The Koran (Qur'an) 262

Lajja (Shame) / Taslima Nasrin Nasrin, Taslima 265

The Last Temptation of Christ / Nikos Kazantzakis Kazantzakis, Nikos 270

The New Testament / William Tyndale, translator translator, William Tyndale, 274

Ninety-five Theses / Martin Luther Luther, Martin 277

Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles 282

On the Infinite Universe and Worlds / Giordano Bruno Bruno, Giordano 285

On the Origin of Species / Charles Darwin Darwin, Charles 288

The Satanic Verses / Salman Rushdie Rushdie, Salman 295

Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India / James W. Laine Laine, James W. 304

The Talmud 311

The Witches / Roald Dahl Dahl, Roald 314

Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran / Shahrnush Parsipur Parsipur, Shahrnush 320

Zhuan Falun: The Complete Teachings of Falun Gong / Li Hongzhi Hongzhi, Li 324

Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds

Always Running?La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Liu's T / Rodriguez 331

Bless Me, Ultima / Rudolfo Anaya Anaya, Rudolfo 336

The Bluest Eye / Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni 340

Candide / Voltaire 345

The Clan of the Cave Bear / Jean Auel Auel, Jean 347

The Epic of Gilgamesh Unknown 348

Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure / John Cleland Cleland, John 351

Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes Keyes, Daniel 355

The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs dumal) / Charles Baudelaire Baudelaire, Charles 357

Forever / Judy Blume Blume, Judy 359

Gossip Girl Series / Cecily von Ziegesar Ziegesar, Cecily von 363

The Handmaid's Tale / Margaret Atwood Atwood, Margaret 366

How the Garc?a Girls Lost Their Accents / Julia Alvarez Alvarez, Julia 369

Lady Chatterley's Lover / D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. 374

Lolita / Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov, Vladimir 378

Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave 382

Native Son / Richard Wright Wright, Richard 384

The Perks of Being a Wall flower / Stephen Chbosky Chbosky, Stephen 391

Rabbit, Run / John Updike Updike, John 395

The Rainbow / D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. 397

Sanctuary / William Faulkner Faulkner, William 400

Snow Falling on Cedars / David Guterson Guterson, David 402

Song of Solomon / Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni 406

Sophie's Choice / William Styron Styron, William 409

less of The D'urbervilles / Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas 412

Their Eyes Were Watching God / Zora Neale Hurston Hurston, Zora Neale 415

This Boy's Life / Tobias Wolff Wolff, Tobias 420

Twilight Series / Stephenie Meyer Meyer, Stephenie 423

Ulysses / James Joyce Joyce, James 427

Women in Love / D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. 431

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian / Sherman Alexie Alexie, Sherman 435

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain Twain, Mark 441

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain Twain, Mark 448

And Tango Makes Three / Justin Richardson Richardson, Justin, Peter Parnell Parnell, Peter 451

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl / Anne Frank Frank, Anne 455

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin / Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 457

The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X, with / Alex Haley Haley, Alex 460

The Bell Jar / Sylvia Plath Plath, Sylvia 462

Beloved / Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni 465

Brave New World / Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous 470

The Canterbury Tales / Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer, Geoffrey 473

Catch-22 / Joseph Heller Heller, Joseph 477

The Catcher in the Rye J. D. / Salinger 480

The Color Purple / Alice Walker Walker, Alice 484

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury 487

A Farewell to Arms / Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest 489

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything / Steven D. Levitt Levitt, Steven D., Stephen J. Dubner Dubner, Stephen J. 493

Gorillas in the Mist / Dian Fossey Fossey, Dian 497

The Great / Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Gatsby F. Scott 499

Heather Has Two Mommies / Leslea Newman Newman, Leslea 502

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings / Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya 504

The Kite Runner / Khaled Hosseini Hosseini, Khaled 506

Leaves of Grass / Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt 515

Lord of the Flies / William Golding Golding, William 518

Of Mice and Men / John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John 521

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest / Ken Kesey Kesey, Ken 526

A Separate Peace / John Knowles Knowles, John 529

The Sun Also Rises / Earnest Hemingway Hemingway, Earnest 531

To Kill A Mockingbird / Harper Lee Lee, Harper 534

Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt / Vonnegut, Jr Jr, Vonnegut, 537.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816082322

0816082324

OCLC:

709408096