On 31/1/05 9:14 AM, "Kenneth Wolman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Isn't someone on this list familiar with Russian minus the
> translations? If it's a false accusation, what could be the motive for
> smearing Pushkin and Lermontov? If it's true...so what? Which of
> Pushkin's works do the schoolkids learn, anyway?
It seems pretty clear from the article that they _did_ write sexy poems.
What's at issue is whether they're considered to be pornography or erotica;
if the former, the booksellers can be prosecuted. Given the pornography
flooding the internet, it seems a little zealous to swoop down on a few slim
volumes of verse.
I don't see how the fact itself is a smear. Apollinaire wrote a couple of
straight out pornographic novels!
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Alison Croggon
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Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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