Banned and Challenged Books
Articles from News and Academia
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The act of banning or challenging books, a practice as old as the printing press itself, continues to ignite passionate debates about censorship, access to information, and the role of literature in shaping society. This collection of articles, drawn from news sources and academic websites and journals, delves into the multifaceted landscape of book banning, examining the historical context, the contemporary battles being waged in schools and libraries, and the complex legal and ethical questions that arise when communities seek to limit access to certain texts. From classic works to contemporary novels, the books targeted reflect a wide range of themes and perspectives, prompting us to consider the power of literature and the implications of its suppression.
- "Celebrating Banned Book Week" by Marion Dane Bauer (mariondanebauer.com)
- "The History (and Present) of Banning Books in America" By Amy Brady(Lit Hub)
- "Book censorship in the United States" (Wikipedia)
- "The little-known history of banned books in the United States" By Ally Bush (Reading Partners Blog)
- "A Look Back at the History of Banned Books Week" By Lisa Fink (NCTE)
- "A short history of banned books" (World Economic Forum)
- "The History of Banned Books" (Spark Press)
- "Book Banning in America" By Colin Campbell (New York Times)
- "Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S." By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter (New York Times)
- "A Brief History of Banned Books in America" By Matt Reimann (Books Tell You Why)
- "Banned Science and Philosophy Books" by P.H. Ditchfield (DJ McAdam)
- "Book Banning in Ancient Greece and Rome" by Sam Arnold-Boyd (lane.edu)
- "Philosophical Doctrine and Poetic Technique in Ovid" by Phillip DeLacy (The Classical Journal)
- Publishing a Banned Philosophy By Jonathan I. Israel (Oxford University Press)
- Index Librorum Prohibitorum" (Wikipedia)
- " Jean-Paul Sartre: more relevant now than ever" (The Guardian)
- "The Outrageous Optimism of Jean-Paul Sartre" By Ian Birchall (The Wire)
- "Censorship and the Catalan translations of Jean-Paul Sartre" By Pilar Godayol (Taylor & Francis Online)
- "No Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Decolonization" By Yoav Di-Capua (University of Chicago Press)
- "Peas in a Matchbox" By Jonathan Rée (London Review of Books)
- "The Second Death of Jean-Paul Sartre" By Tony Monchinski and John Gerassi (Brill Publishing)
- "Simply Sartre" By David Detmer (Simply Charly)
- "With No Exist from Coronavirus, Take Some Advice from Sartre" By Robert Zaretsky (Boston Globe)
- "ALL SARTRE'S WORKS BANNED BY VATICAN" (The New York Times, October 31, 1948)