
The "Ancient and Modern Banned Books" written by the American scholar Anne Haidt records a large number of catalogs of ancient and modern banned books, and most of the books listed in the catalog have now become well-known works. Therefore, looking back now at the various reasons and actions of the banned books, it is impossible to laugh.
● Boccaccio: "Ten Days of Talk"
Florence, Italy, 1497: The original manuscript and the printed part were burned by Savonarola. 1600, France: Outlawed by the University of Paris. 1922, Cincinnati, USA: The post office confiscated the abridged version and the magistrate fined the importer $1,000.
● Shakespeare's Complete Works, The Merchant of Venice
In 1818, Sedler published The Complete Works of Shakespeare in the Home Edition, deleting "words that should not be read aloud in the family." Since then, "Sedlerization" has become synonymous with "abridgement".
In 1931, America: The Merchant of Venice was dropped from the middle school curriculum in Buffalo and Manchester, New York. Jewish groups believe the play fuels prejudice against Jews.
● Voltaire: Philosophical Letters, Honest Man
In 1734, the Philosophical Epistles were burned for defaming religions.
In 1929, Boston, USA: "The Honest Man" was confiscated by customs, and the authorities considered the book to be obscene. In fact, universities around the world use this as a teaching material in their classrooms.
● Goethe: The Troubles of Young Werther
Denmark, 1796: The Lutheran Church banned the book.
Flaubert: November, Madame Bovary
In 1934, New York, USA: "November" was confiscated by the customs as a work of obscenity, and was released after expert identification.
In 1954, the United States: Madame Bovary was added to the blacklist of the National Serious Literary Organization.
● Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland
In 1931, China: The governor of Hunan Province ordered the book banned on the grounds that "animals do not speak human language, and animals should not be juxtaposed with people." ”
● Dreiser: "Carrie Sister", "American Tragedy"
1900, USA: A publisher in New York printed Sister Carrie, but it was not released due to the opposition of the hostess.
In 1930, the Boston Superior Court banned American Tragedy and fined the publisher three hundred dollars, but at Harvard, the book was a compulsory read for English classes.
Joyce: "Dubliner", "Long lisis"
1912, Dublin, Ireland: After many years of controversy, "The Dubliners" printed a thousand copies, but the printers believed that there was something wrong with it, and all but one volume was destroyed.
1918, USA: The Little Review serializes Longlesis, which was burned down by the post office.
● Hemingway: "Farewell, Weapons", "The Sun Rises", 1929, Italy: "Farewell, Weapons" was banned for true depictions of the retreat of the Italian army. Boston: Five issues of the serialized magazine Scribner were banned.
Boston, 1930: "The Sun Rises" was banned.
California, 1957: San Francisco Customs confiscated five hundred and twenty copies of Hemingway's poems printed overseas. After the domestic printing, the San Francisco police searched the book in the bookstore, saying that it was not suitable for children to read, but the bookstore was not a children's bookstore.