At university, I wrote a dissertation on the cultural history of the c-word, which I later updated and published online. My work has been quoted by numerous other writers over the years, most recently by Vicki Mahaffey in The Joyce of Everyday Life, her prize-winning study of James Joyce.
In her book, Mahaffey cites me as a source: “Matthew Hunt argues that...” But, very strangely, she also writes: “Since Hunt’s death, the essay originally accessed has been taken down.”
This is really bizarre. Needless to say, I am still alive. I took my c-word research offline a few years ago, because it was being copied without authorisation, but I didn’t die. (I have now put my work on the c-word back online, and emailed Mahaffey to say that I’m not dead.)
In her book, Mahaffey cites me as a source: “Matthew Hunt argues that...” But, very strangely, she also writes: “Since Hunt’s death, the essay originally accessed has been taken down.”
This is really bizarre. Needless to say, I am still alive. I took my c-word research offline a few years ago, because it was being copied without authorisation, but I didn’t die. (I have now put my work on the c-word back online, and emailed Mahaffey to say that I’m not dead.)