Summary

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 Doyle)
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
• As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
• Beloved (Toni Morrison)
• The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
• Drama (Raina Telgemeier)
• Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
• The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
• Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
• The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
• Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
• and more.

Specifications

eBook

About the Author(s)

Dawn B. Sova holds a Ph.D. from Drew University. She has taught English at Montclair State University and has served as a mentor for courses in American cinema at Thomas Edison State College. She is the author of Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe for Facts On File.