Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works

Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works « Series from 2023

Series from 2023

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Genres: Special Interest

Author and critic Professor Maureen Corrigan takes you on a tour of some of the most challenged and controversial works of literature, from the plays of Shakespeare to 21st-century best-sellers—even including the dictionary and classic fairy tales.

You will explore the common reasons books have been and continue to be banned, and you’ll consider the shifting trends in why books are challenged.

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Bowdlerizing the Bard

Ulysses on Trial

The Defense for Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Censors from the Inquisition to the Puritans

Anthony Comstock’s Moral Crusade

Books on Fire: The Reformation to Rushdie

Allen Ginsberg’s Alarming “Howl”

Holden Caulfield’s Subversive Voice

Artistry, Morality, and Nabokov’s Lolita

Authors Who Censor Themselves

The Hidden Dangers of Fairy Tales

Contested Classics of Children’s Literature

New Kids’ Books, Old Objections

Canceled Authors

Huckleberry Finn and Race in America

To Kill a Mockingbird, Then and Now

Young Adult Fiction and Its Discontents

Attempts to Suppress #MeToo Books

The Battle over Critical Race Theory

Alice Walker and Toni Morrison under Attack

The Textbook Wars

The Backlash against Harry Potter

Fun Home: An All-Too-Graphic Memoir

Contesting the Great American Novel