Censored Books - Hardcover

Burress, Lee; Karolides, Nicholas J.; Kean, John M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810826674 ISBN 13: 9780810826670

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 1993

Synopsis

New in Paperback! This collection of sixty-three essays provides assistance to the growing number of students, teachers, librarians, and parents who find themselves confronting a censorship situation. The contributors are both authors_of fiction, drama, and poetry for adults, children, and adolescents_and teachers of literature, writing about the books that are most frequently challenged in schools and libraries. Part I provides six authors' perspectives on censorship by omission and commission. Part II provides responses and defenses of individual books. Paperback edition available May 2001.

About this title

About the Author:

John M. Kean, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has taught and published articles on children's and young adult literature, the teaching of writing, and censorship in the schools. He has been a member and chair of the NCTE Committee Against Censorship and a member of the CEE Commission on Intellectual Freedom and the IRA Advisory Committee on Intellectual Freedom. The late Lee Burress, Professor Emeritus, English, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, taught and published on American literature, folklore, composition, and literary censorship and was a member and chair of the NCTE Committee Against Censorship. He was author, co-author, or co-editor of Battle of the Books (Scarecrow, 1989); Celebrating Censored Books (with Nicholas Karolides); How Censorship Affects the School and Other Essays; and The Student's Right to Know (with Edward Jenkinson). Nicholas Karolides is Professor of English and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-River Falls. His recent books include Reader Response in the Classroom, Evoking and Interpreting Literature in the Classroom, Focus on Physical Impairments, and Focus on Fitness (with Melissa Karolides).

Review:

...a good, general reference....a resource book to provide inspiration....essays are well-crafted and interesting to read........

...should be mandatory reading for all librarians and educators....it is the eloquence of the essays, not the number of them, that makes this book impressive....recommended for every professional's shelf.....

Although this collection of essays is aimed at assisting the growing numbers of students, teachers, and librarians who may have to confront censorship, Censored Books will be of interest to anyone involved in the world of books.....

...a fine review of censorship problems that have surfaced in this country over the past three decades....recommended for all professional collections.....

This is a book for educators struggling with the philosophical issues of selection and censorship....Highly recommended.....

About this edition

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0810826674
• ISBN 13: 9780810826670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528