Re: The real problem...

From: James Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu>
Date: Thu Aug 14 2003 - 15:22:52 EDT

heh.

Remember I did say that intention is more problematic with some texts
than with others. I'm more certain about the meaning of H2O, when
written by a chemist (though I guess even then it depends upon context),
than I am about any line of T.S. Eliot's poetry.

Jim

Sundeep Dougal wrote:

>
> > The writing, after all, is not the person himself.
>
> Ah, for once there seems to be no problem for the author in
> articulating his intention. But since I can't claim to really
> understand what the author might actually intend, I think it is time
> for me to exit as quietly as I came in.
>
> Sonny

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