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Banned Books : Censorship Histories of World Literature by
Nicholas J. Karolides, Margaret Bald, Dawn B. Sova, Ken
Wachsberger (Introduction)
Throughout history,
writers have had their works of literature and social, political,
and religious thought censored in the United States and around the
world. 100 Banned Books profiles 25 well-known, often classic
works in each of these categories that have especially significant
censorship histories. Each clearly written entry in this
eye-opening book gives readers a summary of the work, its
censorship history, and suggestions for further reading.
Among the works covered are: Political Grounds:
Animal Farm, Dr. Zhivago, The Grapes of Wrath, Uncle Tom's Cabin,
and more Religious Grounds: The Bible, The Koran, The Talmud,
Oliver Twist, and more Sexual Grounds: Lolita, Madame Bovary, Lady
Chatterley's Lover, Ulysses, and more Social Grounds: The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Canterbury Tales, Black Like
Me, and more.
Censorship
and the American Library by Louise S. Robbins
By placing its professional expertise in the
service of maintaining the democratic values of free expression
and pluralism, American librarianship not only defended its
professional autonomy in the area of book selection, but also
developed an ideology of intellectual freedom and claimed its
defense as a central jurisdiction. Through extensive use of
primary source material, this volume charts the library
profession's journey from the adoption of the 1939 Library's Bill
of Rights to the 1969 development of the Freedom to Read
Foundation. The book argues that the ALA was reluctant to fund
support for intellectual freedom, and that the ALA's executive
board was extremely cautious and seldom took leadership in
intellectual freedom matters.
