(Ebook) Literature Suppressed On Sexual Grounds (Second Revised Edition) by Dawn B. Sova ISBN 9780816062720, 9780816071494, 0816062722, 0816071497

(Ebook) Literature Suppressed On Sexual Grounds (Second Revised Edition) by Dawn B. Sova ISBN 9780816062720, 9780816071494, 0816062722, 0816071497

Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds, Revised Edition examines the issues underlying the suppression of more than 100 works deemed sexually obscene. The entries new to this edition include America by Jon Stewart, Sex by Madonna, The Buffalo Tree by Adam Rapp, and many more. Also included are updates to entries such as Forever by Judy Blume, and moreThroughout history, tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions, and democratic governments alike have banned books that challenged their assumptions or questioned their authority. Even today, attempts by school boards, local governments, and religious fanatics to restrict our freedom to read continue.The four-volume Banned Books collection focuses on more than 400 works that have been censored for their political, social, religious, or erotic content -- in the United States and around the world -- from biblical times to the present day.Works have been chosen for their literary or historical significance, including their role in the history of censorship. Most are read in middle- and high-school curricula as well as in university courses; some have been the focus of major national or international campaigns; and all were either written in English or are available in English translations.Works covered Include:- An American Tragedy, Theodore Dreiser- The Arabian Nights, Sir Richard Burton, trans.- The Art of Love, Ovid- The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison- Candide, Voltaire- Dubliners, James Joyce- The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood- La Terre, Emile Zola- November, Gustave Flaubert- Pamela, Samuel Richardson- Peyton Place, Grace Metalious- Rabbit, Run, John Updike-- Sanctuary, William Faulkner-- Tess of theD'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy- Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller- Ulysses, James Joyce- Women in Love, D.H. Lawrence.