120 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature - Softcover

Karolides, Nicholas J.; Bald, Margaret; Sova, Dawn B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816060436 ISBN 13: 9780816060436

Publisher: Checkmark Books, 2005

Synopsis

Presents summary and censorship accounts of books that have been banned throughout history for political, religious, sexual, and social reasons.

About this title

About the Author:

Nicholas J. Karolides is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. His previous books include Celebrating Censored Books and Censored Books: Critical Viewpoints. Margaret Bald is the editor of From the Sahara to Samarkand: Selected Travel Writings of Rosita Forbes, 1919-1937. She has been a freelance journalist and foreign correspondent, managing editor of World Press Review magazine, and an editorial consultant to the United Nations. Dawn B. Sova teaches English at Montclair State University. Her previous books for Facts On File/Checkmark Books include Banned Plays and Forbidden Films. Karolides, Bald, and Sova are the authors of 100 Banned Books and the 4-volume Banned Books set, both from Facts On File/Checkmark Books.

Review:

""A must-have for all of us who enjoy the right to choose what we read."

About this edition

• Publisher: Checkmark Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0816060436
• ISBN 13: 9780816060436
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 502