Author: Roald Dahl
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-WIKIPEDIA: Roald Dahl -REVIEW: Not A Chivalrous Affair: a review of God Cried By Tony Clifton and Catherine Leroy (Roald Dahl, August 1983, Literary Review) - -ESSAY: Bowdler’s Return: A publisher’s move to remove anything purportedly offensive from Roald Dahl’s books is the latest exhibit of an unfortunately timeless impulse. (Theodore Dalrymple, February 21, 2023, City Journal) -ESSAY: The BFG Isn’t a BFD: I’ve read Roald Dahl’s books to little kids for years. Let me tell you how that really goes. (IMOGEN WEST-KNIGHTS, FEB 23, 2023, Slate) -ESSAY: Roald Dahl and the Ethics of Art: The urge to censor is based on a misunderstanding of what makes literature valuable. (Iona Italia, 21 Feb 2023, Quillette) -ESSAY: Dahl Eraser: The vile purging of a dead author’s work by his rapacious estate. (Ryan Neely, February 2023, Splice Today) -ESSAY: Bowdler’s Return: A publisher’s move to remove anything purportedly offensive from Roald Dahl’s books is the latest exhibit of an unfortunately timeless impulse. (Theodore Dalrymple, February 21, 2023, City Journal) -ESSAY: Kindness can be cruel (Dominic Green, February 23, 2023, Washington Examiner) -ESSAY: The defiling of Roald Dahl: Rewriting past literature to make it conform to modern-day sensibilities is a species of tyranny (Brendan O'Neill, February 19, 2023, The Spectator) -ESSAY: Reading Roald Dahl in a dystopian world: His works are being censored decades after he might have disapproved (Alexander Larman, February 20, 2023, The Spectator) -ESSAY: Roald Dahl’s writing routine involved a shed, a sleeping bag, and cigarettes. (Corinne Segal, September 15, 2022, LitHub) -ESSAY: The dark heart of Roald Dahl: A streak of pure nastiness runs through the author’s anarchic, beloved children’s literature – just as it did through his life. (Anna Leszkiewicz, 12/07/22, New Statesman) -REVIEW: of Teller of the Unexpected: The Life of Roald Dahl, an Unofficial Biography by Matthew Dennison (Colin Burrow, London Review of Books) -REVIEW: The Big Friendly Jew-Hating Giant: Mark Rosenblatt’s terrific new play starring John Lithgow as virulently antisemitic children’s author Roald Dahl (Judith Miller, April 13, 2026, Tablet) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) - Roald Dahl (9/13/1916
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