Research Question: Research the restriction of JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, and discuss the concept of freedom of expression, either defending or disputing its restriction.
Hunt Steinle, P, 2002. The Catcher Controversies as a Cultural debate, and The Question of Innocence in, In Cold Fear: The Catcher in the Rye Censorship Controversies and Postwar American Character. 1st ed. Columbus: Ohio State University.
This source offers a general overview of The Catcher in the Rye’s censorship. It was published in 2002 by the Ohio State University Press, which suggests that this is a reputable source. It also provides a bibliography which shows that Steinle gathered scholarly information in the construction of her manuscript. In Cold Fear gives …show more content…
It is a peer-reviewed journal article and provides bibliographical evidence, highlighting its reliability. It is a useful source which offers a contrasting opinion to other sources, arguing that unrestricted access to all literature is a basic right. Nevertheless, it is somewhat biased as it is written from a modern perspective, thus does not take into account contributing factors regarding the censorship of Catcher in the Rye, such as the opinions and the atmosphere of the time.
Sullivan, L 2009, The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioural Sciences
This glossary contains a plethora of useful definitions. Not only does it provide a clear and concise definition of the word ‘censorship’, but it also offers a number of other useful definitions, such as ‘freedom of press’ and ‘freedom of information’. Nevertheless, this source is limited in a number of ways, for example it is a glossary of social and behavioural sciences, as opposed to literary terms; a field which is in some ways similar; however is also in many ways different. It was also published in 2009 suggesting that some of this information may be out of
Hunt Steinle, P, 2002. The Catcher Controversies as a Cultural debate, and The Question of Innocence in, In Cold Fear: The Catcher in the Rye Censorship Controversies and Postwar American Character. 1st ed. Columbus: Ohio State University.
This source offers a general overview of The Catcher in the Rye’s censorship. It was published in 2002 by the Ohio State University Press, which suggests that this is a reputable source. It also provides a bibliography which shows that Steinle gathered scholarly information in the construction of her manuscript. In Cold Fear gives …show more content…
It is a peer-reviewed journal article and provides bibliographical evidence, highlighting its reliability. It is a useful source which offers a contrasting opinion to other sources, arguing that unrestricted access to all literature is a basic right. Nevertheless, it is somewhat biased as it is written from a modern perspective, thus does not take into account contributing factors regarding the censorship of Catcher in the Rye, such as the opinions and the atmosphere of the time.
Sullivan, L 2009, The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioural Sciences
This glossary contains a plethora of useful definitions. Not only does it provide a clear and concise definition of the word ‘censorship’, but it also offers a number of other useful definitions, such as ‘freedom of press’ and ‘freedom of information’. Nevertheless, this source is limited in a number of ways, for example it is a glossary of social and behavioural sciences, as opposed to literary terms; a field which is in some ways similar; however is also in many ways different. It was also published in 2009 suggesting that some of this information may be out of