Thomas and Henrietta Maria Bowdler, and the works of William Shakespeare: Is “bowdlerizing” a four-letter word?
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/thomas-and-henrietta-maria-bowdler-and.html Unauthorized changes to a text reside in the murkier confines of the copyright system, where, at most, moral rights may hold court. Our lexicon captures this mist: Characterize such alterations as “expurgation,” distortion”, or “red- penciling”, and it may raise eyebrows. But call it “editing”, and furrows on one’s... Continue reading