Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds

Some 100 alphabetical entries describe the content and censorship history of fiction and nonfiction works banned because the authors or works did not conform to the social expectations or because they contained socially unacceptable ideas or speech. Several works, despite limited censorship histories, exhibit the lengths to which censors' fears will take them. Other works have extensive histories of censorship. Includes biographical profiles of authors. Part of a four-volume collection spotlighting some 400 works that have been censored for their political, social, religious, or erotic content, in the US and around the world, from Biblical times to the present. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR