The list of books suppressed in the English language features the sacred & profane poetic & pornographic famous & infamous A history of literary censorship is therefore a history not only of texts but of the authorities that have attempted to prevent their circulation sovereigns politicians judges prison officers slaveholders school governors librarians teachers parents students editors & publishers Censored deals with some of the most contentious & fascinating cases including works now praised as literary masterpieces such as James Joyce's Ulysses & Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita; as well as a troubling book about assassination that was implicated in a murder case The books in this comprehensive study have been chosen to showcase the variety of suppressed literature the methods & consequences of censorship & landmarks in the history of free speech