120 Banned Books

Censorship Histories of World Literature

 
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Throughout history writers have had their works censored on political, religious, sexual, and social grounds. Tracing the censorship histories of 120 works from around the world, 120 Banned Books provides a summary of each work, its censorship history, and suggestions for further reading. This compelling book expands on the 100 titles profiled in the best-selling 100 Banned Books (Facts On File/Checkmark Books, 1999) by adding 20 new entries on books that have sparked controversy or been banned outright. In addition, updates to existing entries cover new controversies regarding such classic books as Huckleberry Finn, The Canterbury Tales, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

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  • Subtitle: Censorship Histories of World Literature
  • Media: Paperback Book, 502 pages
  • Publisher: Checkmark Books (June 30, 2005)
  • ISBN-10: 0816060436
  • ISBN-13: 9780816060436
  • Dimensions: 6 x 8.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 lbs
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  • Rating A list of books banned over the years  May 26, 2006 (19 of 20 found this helpful)

    In "120 Banned Books" the authors pull together a collection of books that have been banned at some point in history for Political, Religious, Sexual, and/or Social grounds.

    I found this book very interesting in two ways. First, it offers a nice synopsis of 120 books, a few of which are somewhat obscure. And as it is unlikely that many have read all of these, this book provides enough information, along with Amazon reviews, of course ;), about the subject books for the reader to make the decision about investing the time to read it.

    Following each book synopsis is a short history of when, where, why, etc that book was banned. I will admit that, after a few dozen times, I got tired of which local school board voted to remove a book from a reading list or library shelf. The local school board bannings are generally motivated by someone in the community finding a book offensive or insulting or age-inappropriate. And with the political correctness/hypersensitivity of today, I am only suprised that we do not see a vastly increasing number of complaints for various left- and right- of center reasons.

    But I DID find the discussions of book bans at the national level quite interesting. The read can see how some governments through history have attempted control the thoughts of the citizens by controlling the printed material (and other media as well, of course) available. This book includes examples from all over the world and is very interesting.

    This is a good book to add to your library.




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