David Foster Wallace, the brilliant oddball behind Infinite Jest, has been accused of abusing fellow writer Mary Karr. Charles Dickens cast off his wife (and mother of his ten children) after leaving her for a younger woman. Woody Allen has been accused of molesting his adopted daughter.
Should we stop paying attention to these artists’ work? This is the question plaguing academia right now, as the age-old debate over separating the art from the artist is being relitigated through a social justice lens. While an increased attention to the issue of sexual assault permeates our conversations, should we still pay attention to all these men accused of mistreating women?
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