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Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds (Banned Books)

Nicholas J. Karolides

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Description:Throughout history, tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions, and democratic governments alike have banned books that challenged their assumptions or questioned their authority. Even today, attempts by school boards, local governments, and religious fanatics to restrict our freedom to read continue.The four-volume Banned Books collection focuses on more than 400 works that have been censored for their political, social, religious, or erotic content -- in the United States and around the world -- from biblical times to the present day.Works have been chosen for their literary or historical significance, including their role in the history of censorship. Most are read in middle- and high-school curricula as well as in university courses; some have been the focus of major national or international campaigns; and all were either written in English or are available in English translations.Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds makes a special contribution to the understanding of political censorship, which results largely from a fear on the part of public officials that citizens may have access to information or ideas that governments would rather restrict or retain in the presumed interest of national security. Censorship may also result through private intervention by nongovernmental agencies, such as school boards or libraries, by the removal of materials that are deemed offensive to a group or constituency. This volume illustrates the extent and frequency of political censorship.Works covered include: -- Animal Farm, George Orwell-- Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic-- Burger's Daughter, Nadine Gordimer-- Bury My Heart at WoundedKnee, Dee Brown-- Cancer Ward, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn-- The Case for India, Will Durant-- Das Kapital, Karl Marx-- Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak-- El Senor Presidente, Miguel Angel Asturias-- The Fugitive, Pramoedya Ananta Toer-- The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck-- Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift-- The Jungle, Upton Sinclair-- Les Miserables, Victor Hugo-- Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler-- The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine-- Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds (Banned Books). To get started finding Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds (Banned Books), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 584

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Facts On File, Inc

Release: 1998

ISBN: 0816033048

Description: Throughout history, tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions, and democratic governments alike have banned books that challenged their assumptions or questioned their authority. Even today, attempts by school boards, local governments, and religious fanatics to restrict our freedom to read continue.The four-volume Banned Books collection focuses on more than 400 works that have been censored for their political, social, religious, or erotic content -- in the United States and around the world -- from biblical times to the present day.Works have been chosen for their literary or historical significance, including their role in the history of censorship. Most are read in middle- and high-school curricula as well as in university courses; some have been the focus of major national or international campaigns; and all were either written in English or are available in English translations.Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds makes a special contribution to the understanding of political censorship, which results largely from a fear on the part of public officials that citizens may have access to information or ideas that governments would rather restrict or retain in the presumed interest of national security. Censorship may also result through private intervention by nongovernmental agencies, such as school boards or libraries, by the removal of materials that are deemed offensive to a group or constituency. This volume illustrates the extent and frequency of political censorship.Works covered include: -- Animal Farm, George Orwell-- Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic-- Burger's Daughter, Nadine Gordimer-- Bury My Heart at WoundedKnee, Dee Brown-- Cancer Ward, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn-- The Case for India, Will Durant-- Das Kapital, Karl Marx-- Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak-- El Senor Presidente, Miguel Angel Asturias-- The Fugitive, Pramoedya Ananta Toer-- The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck-- Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift-- The Jungle, Upton Sinclair-- Les Miserables, Victor Hugo-- Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler-- The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine-- Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds (Banned Books). To get started finding Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds (Banned Books), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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