LibGuides UFV: Freedom To Read Week: More about Freedom to Read

Not in Front of the Children : "indecency," censorship, and the innocence of youth

Heins, Marjorie
Z 658 U5 H42 2001

"The first comprehensive history of the debate about censorship designed to protect children. ..." -- from the publisher.

Critical Insights : Censored and banned literature

Evans, Robert C.
Z 1019 C46 2019

"Censored & Banned Literature examines the wide range of important literary texts that have been subjected to censorship, either at the time of their first publication, later in their history, or both." -- publisher

The Censor's Library

Moore, Nicole
Z 658 A8 M66 2012

Abstract:
A history of book censorship in Australia; what we couldn't read, didn't read, didn't know, and why we didn't. For much of the twentieth century, Australia banned more books and more serious books than most other English-speaking or Western countries, from the Kama Sutra through to Huxley's Brave New World and Joyce's Ulysses.

Dear Sir, I intend to burn your book

Hill, Lawrence
Z 659 H55 2013

"In 2011, Canadian writer Lawrence Hill received an email from a man in the Netherlands stating that he intended to burn The Book of Negroes, Hill's internationally acclaimed novel....... All who are interested in literature, freedom of expression and human rights will appreciate this passionate defence of the freedom to read and write"--Back cover.

A Universal History of the Destruction of Books

Báez, Fernando
Z 659 B34 2008

An investigation of the reasons behind book destruction spanning from ancient Sumer’s smashed tablets, to book burnings in modern times and censorship against authors past and present.

Censorship

Barbour, Scott
Z 657 C393 2010

Abstract: "This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate the state of freedom of speech and the use of censorship in the United States and around the world."

You Can't Read This

Ross, Val
Z 1003 R75 2006

"Written for children ages ten and up, You Can’t Read This explores the development of alphabets, the decoding of ancient languages, and censorship in Ancient Rome and modern America."--publisher.

Banned books, 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D

Haight, Anne Lyon
Z 1019 H15 1978

"From 387 B.C. to the present, Banned Books covers over 300 books that have provoked censure - including many classics and important contemporary publications...discover the who, when, where, and why of literary censorship." -- front cover flap.

Censored : a literary history of subversion and control