Don Taylor Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 This from an article by George Orwell about Rudyard Kipling published, I think, in 1942: "But in general ours is a civilization in which the very word ‘poetry’ evokes a hostile snigger or, at best, the sort of frozen disgust that most people feel when they hear the word ‘God’. If you are good at playing the concertina you could probably go into the nearest public bar and get yourself an appreciative audience within five minutes. But what would be the attitude of that same audience if you suggested reading them Shakespeare’s sonnets, for instance? " Nowadays I suspect that you would get the same reaction to anyone spouting poetry or to playing the concertina. Especially, if you did both at the same time. (Hint: this is not really about a road through the wood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 You might be interested in this topic with lots more postings about concertinas in literature. http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=768&hl=%2Bconcertinas+%2Bin+%2Bliterature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Ooops, thanks John. I should not have started a new thread, sorry about that. Maybe the moderator could move my post to the original thread? Thx. Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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