banning growth, prohibiting freedom: a discussion on literary censorship

BANNING GROWTH, PROHIBITING FREEDOM:A DISCUSSION ON LITERARY CENSORSHIP

BY SKYLER WIXOM

Judy Blume Behind Bars

THE DAWN OF CENSORSHIP

WILLIAM PYNCHON

ANTHONY COMSTOCK

TESTS AND CASES• The Hicklin Test

• The Roth Test

• The Board of Educationvs. Pico

CENSORSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM

Education And Intellectual FreedomSuzette Kunz• CENSORSHIP IS

DAMAGING!

• INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM UNLOCKS CRITICAL THINKING!

Erin Howerton• AN EXPERIMENT IN

CENSORSHIP

• DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE OUR STUDENTS!

POWER?WHO SHOULD HAVE THE

SELF-CENSORSHIP

ALDOUS HUXLEY:THE DODO BIRD

TotalitarianismBRADBURY

• Fahrenheit 451

• The Burning of Books

ORWELL

• 1984

• ERASE THE PAST

TotalitarianismBRADBURY

• Fahrenheit 451

• The Burning of Books

ORWELL• THINKING IS

TREASONOUS

• ERASE THE PAST

INDEXCHAPTER 1- THE BIRTH OF CENSORSHIP

CHAPTER 2- TESTS AND CASES

CHAPTER 3- JOHN GREEN

CHAPTER 4- INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM

CHAPTER 5- SELF-CENSORSHIP: THE DODO BIRD

CHAPTER 6- TOTALITARIANISM

BANNING GROWTH, PROHIBITING FREEDOM:

A DISCUSSION ON LITERARY CENSORSHIP

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