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Opinion
Sanitizing ‘Problematic’ Old Books Doesn’t Protect Anyone
REWRITING HISTORY’S NOVELS
How will modern readers know the good, the bad, and the ugly of the past’s authors and prose if we won’t let them read it?
J. W. Traphagan
Professor
Published
May 5 2023
9:52PM EDT
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J. W. Traphagan
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