Romantic love: The most common delusion in Western culture
How one popular Western myth took over literature, music and movies?
BOOK: The Sorrows of Young Werther
Romantic love: The most common delusion in Western culture
Portnoy’s Complaint: A guide to the filthiest and funniest Jewish novel
Portnoy’s Complaint: A guide to the filthiest and funniest Jewish novel
Why Philip Roth’s book is considered one of the dirtiest books ever published? He was also accused of Jewish self-hatred
BOOK: PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT
The Sorrows of Young Werther: Passages that inspired suicide
The Sorrows of Young Werther: The passages that inspired copycat suicide
Read the once-banned words behind a wave of suicides in Europe
BOOK: THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER
Madame Bovary: The scandalous scenes
Madame Bovary: The scandalous scenes
Why Gustave Flaubert was put on trial for Madame Bovary?
BOOK: MADAME BOVARY
Story of O: The sadomasochistic passages
Story of O: The sadomasochistic passages
Why was the 1950s French novel banned? It begins with O’s lover sexually training her: She is stripped, whipped and “gangbanged”
BOOK: STORY OF O
The Little Red Schoolbook: The challenging passages on sex and drugs
The Little Red Schoolbook: The challenging bits on sex and drugs
Controversial advice on sex and drugs from the schoolchildren’s book
BOOK: THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLBOOK
The Little Red Schoolbook: The challenging passages on education
The Little Red Schoolbook: The challenging bits on education
Controversial advice from the schoolchildren’s book on education
BOOK: THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLBOOK
A Light in the Attic: The controversial poems
A Light in the Attic: The controversial poems
Read the controversial poems by Shel Silverstein deemed by some parents and teachers too controversial for children
BOOK: A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
The Awakening: The shocking passages
The Awakening: The shocking passages
What makes Kate Chopin’s The Awakening controversial?
BOOK: THE AWAKENING
