Re: The Demonization of Shakespeare

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 11:03:43 -0400 (EDT), kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:

In article <vt4v77$3s105$2@dont-email.me>, Titus G  <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

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That is my experience as well. Although not stocked in the school
library, the public library kept up to date mainly with the yellow and
black Gollanz books. I appreciated and respected my English teachers but
was too immature to appreciate Shakespeare at that time.

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My mother told me that nice people didn't read books like "Exiled on Earth"
and my English teacher was horrified to hear that I was reading Asimov.  I
did find a huge stack of original Tom Swift books in the school attic though
and managed to keep them hidden.

Depending on which generation they were written for, they may have
been in no danger, being what those horrified parents/teachers had
read when /they/ were young and therefore fully acceptable to them.

As noted elsewhere, context matters.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"