http://wordpirates.org/2008/04/26/i-dont-know-how-i-feel-about-this/ The home of the Word Pirates Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha http://wordpirates.org/2008/04/26/i-dont-know-how-i-feel-about-this/#comment-163883 Tue, 06 May 2008 15:45:40 +0000 http://wordpirates.org/2008/04/26/i-dont-know-how-i-feel-about-this/#comment-163883 I think I agree. Works by great writers should not be destroyed. We're all still lamenting Ted Hughes burning Sylvia Plath's final diary, after all. I think I agree. Works by great writers should not be destroyed. We’re all still lamenting Ted Hughes burning Sylvia Plath’s final diary, after all.

]]> http://wordpirates.org/2008/04/26/i-dont-know-how-i-feel-about-this/#comment-161708 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:22:41 +0000 http://wordpirates.org/2008/04/26/i-dont-know-how-i-feel-about-this/#comment-161708 Consider this: the Roman poet Virgil asked that The Aeneid be burned because he knew he wouldn't have time to revise it. Franz Kafka asked his friend Max Brod to destroy all his unpublished work. These were literally their dying wishes. Their instructions weren't followed. Should they have been? I like the idea of writers having control over their work beyond the grave, but I have to draw the line at destroying their work. Consider this: the Roman poet Virgil asked that The Aeneid be burned because he knew he wouldn’t have time to revise it. Franz Kafka asked his friend Max Brod to destroy all his unpublished work. These were literally their dying wishes. Their instructions weren’t followed. Should they have been? I like the idea of writers having control over their work beyond the grave, but I have to draw the line at destroying their work.

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