Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds (Banned Books) - Hardcover

Sova, Dawn B

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816082286 ISBN 13: 9780816082285

Publisher: Facts on File, 2011

Synopsis

Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, Third Edition discusses the many works that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or merely ignored official truths; challenged widely held assumptions; or contained ideas or language unacceptable to a state, religious institution, or private moral watchdog.

About this title

About the Author:

Dawn B. Sova, Ph.D. (Garfield, NJ), is adjunct professor of English at Montclair State University in New Jersey. She holds a Ph.D. in English Literature, and has served as faculty mentor for courses offered through the Distance Independent Adult Learning Program at Thomas Edison State College. As a consultant she has worked with many school districts developing programs of SAT Review and Advanced Placement courses in Language, Literature, and History.

From Library Journal:

The aim of this four-volume set is to spotlight some 400 works that have been censored, banned, or condemned because of their political, social, religious, or sexual content. The entries, which include a summary, censorship history, and brief bibliography, range widely from Aristotle through Galileo and on up to Adolf Hitler and Judy Blume. Such well-known prohibited works as de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom, the Communist Manifesto, and Huckleberry Finn are included here, but so are many other works that are now less controversial, e.g., Milton's Areopagitica and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Some of the censorship histories are several pages long, but others are very short; Born on the Fourth of July gets only 50 words. Though most of the works are worth notice, too many describe fairly vapid objections: Fail-Safe was challenged by a school librarian who thought the book would undermine "America's confidence in their defense system." But as one might expect, many of the entries, such as the one for The Satanic Verses, are harrowing. Prepared by well-qualified scholars who have written and lectured extensively on censorship, the set is a very readable gathering of much useful information. It provides more depth and is more current than either Anne L. Haight's Banned Books (1978. 4th ed.) or ALA's Banned Books Resource Guide (1995). (Index not seen.)APeter A. Dollard, Alma Coll. Lib., Mt. Pleasant, MI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Facts on File
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0816082286
• ISBN 13: 9780816082285
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 462