Throughout history, books have been banned that challenged assumptions or questioned the authority of gov'ts. Even today, attempts by school boards, local gov'ts., & religious fanatics continue to restrict our freedom to read. This vol. is divided into 4 sections, each covering 25 books suppressed on: (1) political grounds, such as Animal Farm, Dr. Zhivago, The Grapes of Wrath, & Uncle Tom's Cabin; (2) religious grounds, such as The Bible, The Koran, The Talmud, & The Last Temptation of Christ; (3) sexual grounds, such as Madame Bovary, Lady Chatterley s Lover, Ulysses, & Lolita; & (4) social grounds, such as The Canterbury Tales, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Black Like Me, & Fahrenheit 451. Summary & history of each work.

100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature

Politics & Social Sciences

Nicholas J. Karolides

Margaret Bald

Politics & Government

Dawn B. Sova

Censorship of religious and philosophical speculation is as old as history and as current as today's headlines. Many of the world's major religious texts, including the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran, and others, have been suppressed, condemned, or proscribed at some time. Works of secular literature touching upon religious belief or reflecting dissenting views have also been suppressed. Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Revised Edition profiles the censorship of many such essential works of literature. The entries new to this edition include extensive coverage of the Harry Potter series, which has been frequently banned in the United States on the grounds that it promotes witchcraft, as well as entries on two popular textbook series, The Witches by Roald Dahl, Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran, and more. Also included are updates to such entries as The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. New and updated entries include:
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The Advancement of Learning (Francis Bacon)</li>
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The Age of Reason (Thomas Paine)</li>
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The Analects (Confucius)</li>
<li>The Bible</li>
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The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution (Roger Williams)</li>
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The Book of Common Prayer (Thomas Cranmer)</li>
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Children of the Alley (Naguib Mahfouz)</li>
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The Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)</li>
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Galileo Galilei)</li>
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Discourse on Method (Rene Descartes)</li>
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Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)</li>
<li>The Harry Potter series(J.K. Rowling)</li>
<li>The Koran</li>
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The Last Temptation of Christ (Nikos Kazantzakis)</li>
<li>
Meyebela: My Bengali Girlhood (Taslima Nasrin)</li>
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On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)</li>
<li>Popol Vuh</li>
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The Red and the Black (Stendhal)</li>
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The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)</li>
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Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India (James W. Laine)</li>
<li>The Talmud</li>
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Voyages to the Moon and the Sun (Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac)</li>
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Zhuan Falun: The Complete Teachings of Falun Gong (Li Hongzhi)</li>
<li>and more.</li>
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Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Revised Edition (2006)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

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120 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature

Facts on File, Inc.

"From the Bible to The Hate U Give: a completely updated look at the history of censorship in world literature. Throughout history, nations, peoples, and governments have censored writers and their works on political, religious, sexual, and social grounds. Although the literary merit of the majority 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, Beloved to the Harry Potter series, The Canterbury Tales to Catch-22, this revised edition examines the many struggles these books faced in order to be read"--

120 Banned Books, Third Edition

Science & Math

and Dawn B. Sova

Nature & Ecology

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