Seth Abramson

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Seth Abramson @SethAbramson

(PS9) The list of basic precepts and facts in play in the debate over Roald Dahl’s work that are being summarily erased from the conversation by some artists does cause me concern that what’s happening in the debate now is mere virtue signaling rather than considered discourse. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 22, 2023

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Seth Abramson @SethAbramson

(PS8) The editing of works to keep them relevant and accurate and marketable is literally as old a tradition in literature as is the tradition of creating literature in the first place. Right now a lot of artists are pretending that ideas central to art are somehow foreign to it. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 22, 2023

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Seth Abramson @SethAbramson

Correct. Almost everything we read has already been endlessly edited—sometimes voluntarily by the author, sometimes because the author was forced against their will by an editor or publisher, sometimes after the death of the author by their estate. We love to pretend otherwise. — PolitiTweet.org

@SethAbramson I never knew I was reading edited Lovecraft as a teen! But I’m pretty sure it saved me being exposed to horrific racism

Posted Feb. 22, 2023