02-09-2012, 08:29 AM
Sort of been addressed but...
Lots depends on how close a particular writer holds his work.
There are many who carefully destroy anything below (their) par,
and others with tiny zen-like egos who let everything flow.
And there is always the stuff you can't control (death, lawsuits,
relatives, whatever): I can remember when Sylvia Plath's* juvenilia
became available, remember how much discussion and re-evaluation
that caused. For most, the 'quality' of her work did not change.
So abu: I guess objectivity is easier to judge objectively when events
happen in reverse.
*Oh, give her a break... do we discuss the "Jimmy Hendrix / James Dean /
John Toole syndrome" on another thread?
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