Recent “sensitivity” edits to the author’s beloved yet unabashedly disagreeable novels are all about maintaining a lucrative IP. But what difference can a few changed words really make?
Prof. IVAN CALLUS – who lectures contemporary fiction and literary theory at the University’s English Department – argues that ‘tactless’ re-editings of children’s classics, might be a sign of ‘culture wars to come’
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Of all P.G. Wodehouse s gallery of blundering oafs, terrifying aunts and all-knowing manservants, the monocled Psmith is one of his most endearing creations.