Re: Anderson, Bradbury, Van Vechten
- From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: Anderson, Bradbury, Van Vechten
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:46:25 -0600 (CST)
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Attila the Hunn wrote:
> >From: Eric Eldred <eldred@[redacted]>
[snip]
>
> >They apparently wish to make money by putting out
> >these newly copyrighted "scholarly" editions of
> >Anderson's works themselves, instead of letting me
> >do it for free on the Internet.
Yes, this is one of my BIG complaints about how the
educational system is approaching Etexts. . .they are
continuing to go for copyright rather than public domain.
They just can NOT get their minds around the new paradigm shift to
"Unlimited Distribution". . .even if the source is public domain!!!
>
> I love *Winesburg, Ohio* but find a lot of the rest of his writing a little
> stodgy and/or maudlin. I actually stumbled across Winesburg after seeing
> Bradbury cite it as an early inspiration. If it hadn't already been posted
> on the internet, I would definitely volunteer for this one.
>
"Winesburg, Ohio" was one of the earlier Project Gutenberg Etexts:
Feb 1996 Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson [wnbrgxxx.xxx] 416
Thanks!
So nice to hear from you!
Michael S. Hart
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