Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:25:50 +0100 (BST)
From: Laurel Ann Taylor <lat-AT-st-andrews.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: cummings again





Don wrote:

 but I
> wondered (and wonder) whether there is a P.C. attitude toward 20's/30's men
> writing joyously about prostitutes (sorry: P.C. means politically correct,
> in the narrow, 90's version of that phrase).  cummings changed and grew a
> lot over the years, as one would hope from sampling most of his more popular
> poems; he also had a very happy marriage (his fourth? I think) toward the
> end of his life.
> 
> 
> 
I guess my question would be in what respect the attitude is PC. Is it PC 
in respect to women being prostitutes, men frequenting them, or men 
writing about them openly?  I don't mean to be snippy at all, I just 
wonder what kind of 'morality issues' you feel are at work in the 
potentially PC attitude.

Thanks,
Laurel