A new Child ballad

[Fred Shapiro]

Speaking of Child, I have a question for Jon or anyone else knowledgeable
about Child.  Harvard Magazine recently had a profile of Child which
explicitly described him as a courageous scholar who did not at all censor
his materials.  I believe, however, that Gershon Legman frequently
denounced Child as a prig who hurt scholarship greatly by extensively
censoring his materials.  Which is the correct view?

Fred Shapiro


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