ERIC Number: ED259386
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 52
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Material Selection/Censorship.
Anderson, Philip M., Ed.
The Leaflet, v83 n1 Win 1984
The seven articles in this focused journal issue are concerned with choosing books for teaching and the various constraints on those choices. The first article, by Richard Lederer, discusses George Orwell's "1984" and the principles of Newspeak. His article sets the tone for the next two articles: "Beware the Misuse of Guidelines" by J. Christopher Davis and James E. Davis, and "Taboos and an English Teacher's Response" by Mary Ann Rygiel. The articles by Nina Mikkelsen and Rennie Simson describe the long tradition, and the dilemma, of Afro-American literature, one in terms of children's literature and the other in terms of the nineteenth century. Ken Donelson's article focuses on three early censors--Thomas Bowdler, Anthony Comstock, and Thomas De Witt Talmage. The final article by Kristin Dittmann provides a bibliography of booklists to assist teachers in making materials selection and another bibliography on censorship. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Bibliographies, Blacks, Censorship, Childrens Literature, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Language Usage, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Nineteenth Century Literature, Poetry, Reading Material Selection, Secondary Education, Teacher Response, Teacher Role, Textbook Selection
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: New England Association of Teachers of English.
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