Course Guide: ENG 152 Censorship   Tags: argumentative, banned books, censorship, controversial, eng 152  

The American Library Association promotes the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one's opinions even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those viewpoints to all who wish to read them.

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Use these sources to discover where, when and why books were banned or challenged.

Banned Books: Challenging our freedom to read

Call Number: Ref Z658 .U6 D692

ISBN: 0838982794

Publication Date: 2010

Includes brief history on the banning of all of the books listed for this assignment.

Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds

Call Number: Ref Z658 .U5 B36

ISBN: 0816062714

Publication Date: 2006

Includes articles on the following books included in this assignment: The Color Purple; Fahrenheit 451; The Giver; One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest; To Kill a Mockinbird.

Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds

Call Number: Ref Z658 .U5 B36

ISBN: 0816062706

Publication Date: 2006

Includes articles on the following books included in this assignment: Animal Farm

Encyclopedia of Censorship

Call Number: Ref Z657 .G73

ISBN: 0816044643

Publication Date: 2005

Includes articles on the following books included in this assignment: The Color Purple; The Giver; To Kill a Mockinbird; Beloved; Carrie; Native Son

 

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