tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post115826874900320456..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Our Dark MaterialsPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1158360796696543732006-09-15T15:53:00.000-07:002006-09-15T15:53:00.000-07:00I still blame Romanticism. It was Wordsworth, afte...<I>I still blame Romanticism. It was Wordsworth, after all, not Freud, who first told us "The child is father to the man."</I><BR/><BR/>We've got to get those damned Lake poets out of the schools, before it's too late!<BR/><BR/>I'm sure there's some truth to what you say, regardless of whether I'm actually up to understanding it on this dreary afternoon. <BR/><BR/>I certainly agree that "childhood" and its variants are arbitrary designations that cause problems in and of themselves.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1158348209294834072006-09-15T12:23:00.000-07:002006-09-15T12:23:00.000-07:00I am reminded of a comment in one of Mortimer's "R...I am reminded of a comment in one of Mortimer's "Rumpole" stories (the best questions are always in fiction), where Rumpole wonders where the term "teenager" came from, as he was never considered one.<BR/><BR/>We already impose a great deal on children, simply by labelling them "children," or "adolescents," or "teenagers," or, in my childhood "juveniles" (as in "delinquents").<BR/><BR/>I still blame Romanticism. It was Wordsworth, after all, not Freud, who first told us "The child is father to the man."Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com