Censored Books: Critical Viewpoints - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810840383 ISBN 13: 9780810840386

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 1995

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

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

...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.--School Library Journal

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.--AB Bookman's Weekly

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

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

Bound to be of assistance to teachers and librarians besieged by claims that removing vital works of literature will somehow protect the moral purity of children....communicates an optimistic belief that the joys of reading eventually triumph.--Booklist

This book is a critical testament, the most revealing evidence published for many years.--Library Association Record

This is a rich, deep, multifaceted work of great value to librarians, educators, and the general public, who will gain much from its open, readable style. All public, school, and academic libraries need this work for edification, pure enjoyment of its contents, and as a practical tool ready for use when the worst case appears at their doorstep.--Rq

This collection of essays is an invaluable reference book for all libraries.--Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom

Scarecrow Press consistently publishes quality work on important topics....--Australian Library Journal

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).

About this edition

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0810840383
• ISBN 13: 9780810840386
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528