Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, Fourth 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.
Entries include:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan...
Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, Fourth Edition discusses the many works that have been banned over the centuries because they offend...
When Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata was banned from distribution through the mail (except for first class) in 1890, New York street vendors began selling it from pushcarts carrying large signs reading "Suppressed!" In 1961, the United States Supreme Court pondered whether D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover was lewd or literary. In 1969, the novel was required reading in many college literature courses. Changing sexual mores have moved many formerly forbidden books out of locked cabinets and into libraries and classrooms.
Literature Suppressed on Sexual...
When Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata was banned from distribution through the mail (except for first class) in 1890, New York street vendors be...
