Classic Texts
From the Most Beloved to the Ultra Violent
Some Online Versions of Banned Books
Ulysses
James Joyce
Released Online: 12/27/2001
Most recent update: 12/27/2019
Language: English
Produced by: Col Choat and David Widger
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
The Walt Whitman Archive has published several complete editions of Leaves of Grass published while Whitman was alive.
Publish dates include 1855, 1856, 1860-61, 1867, 1871-72, 1881-82, and 1891-92.
The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Subtitle: by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Edition: First
Produced by: The Talk Origins Archive
The 1619 Project
Originally a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, published in 2019. It investigates how slavery shaped American history and society.
Subjects covered include African American history, American slavery, racism, the civil rights movement.
For an extensive and historically annotated list of online versions of banned books, visit Banned Books Online, edited by John Mark Ockerbloom.
Articles About Banning and Challenging Books
News and Academic Sources
"Burned and Banned, Classic Books Still Available to Be Read" By Jhoana T. Merino-Martinez (The Equinox)
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