Joshua Coffin, visiting the Svobodas, sees that they:
"...had well-filled shelves, though this was offset by authors like Omar Khayyam, Rabelais, and Cabell, right out where children could read them."
We have quoted Khayyam (scroll down) (and see here) on the blog. James Blish edited the journal of the James Branch Cabell Society.
Why should children not read these works? What sort of education and culture would Coffin preside over if he had the power to impose his beliefs and values?
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I agree with you in seeing nothing wrong in reading the authors listed here. As for Joshua Coffin, he might have preferred emphasis being placed on the sciences, the Bible, and the works of Jonathan Edwards. But I don't think he would have necessarily BANNED the authors mentioned here. Maybe restrict them to being read by adults only?
Truthfully, I don't think most children would have been interested in Khayyam, Rabelais, or Cabell!
Sean
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