Well, this was the basic argument of New Criticism of the
early '50s onward, as well, no? To some extent, pretending
the author does not intend much (if not necessarily
everything) that goes into the work is a bit presumptuous as
well. TM
-----Original Message----- From: Robison Michael R CNIN
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Robison_M@crane.navy.mil]
i wonder when he wrote this. it must have created quite a
stink. i've heard exactly the opposite stated more than once:
that an author's works separated from from the author becomes
meaningless because of the loss of reference.
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