Let’s look at why they were controversial and why they remain important today.
Tag: banned books
15 Banned Books You Can Read on eNotes
Let’s look at some of literature's most challenged texts and celebrate the fact that we can now read them for free on eNotes!
Be Bold: Read Banned Books
We're celebrating our right to read by revisiting some of literature's most challenged titles.
To Teach a Mockingbird? Let’s Discuss
A school district in Biloxi, Mississippi, recently made waves when it decided to pull Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird from required reading in its school. The reason? The language made students “uncomfortable.” Banning books has long been a problem …
8 To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes that Exemplify Harper Lee’s Legacy
We’ve decided to compile some of the best lines from To Kill a Mockingbird—inarguably one of the most influential and important novels in our lifetime. These lines, in context and out, are simultaneously ethereal and grounded, simple and complex. Lee’s legacy in …
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Naughty, Naughty…Enter to Win a Stack of Banned Books!
Banned Books Week 2015 is just around the corner, and your eNotes pals are feeling impish. We handpicked a selection of our favorite and most requested books that continually battle the iron fist of censorship. Win them all here.
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Turn the Page in Style with Literary Nail Art
Instagrammers rejoice: at last you can celebrate your passion for nail art and dystopian literature with Glitterfingersss’ tutorial to “burned paper nails”! We think it’s totally Fahrenheit 451 and right on point for festival season—book festival season, that is. Check it out …
Baffling Banned Books: A Fun (Disturbing) Quiz!
If you’ve waited to celebrate the chance to be Officially Subversive during Banned Books Week, it’s not too late! Sure, you probably figured that Huck Finn is a perennial favorite for its politically incorrect language and Fifty Shades of Grey for its Crimes …