Re: Quiet list? there's always
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Thu, 02 Jul 1998 13:31:36 -0400 (EDT)
<<As far as I'm concerned, as soon as it hits the paper,
it's fiction.
Camille >>
Yeah, that was basically what I had in mind. No, I don't locate the
meaning of the text in the author. I think the author is the first
reader of the reading community to which he writes, and the most informed
reader, but not the source of meaning.
And yes, especially, I don't see how biographical details tell us
anything about the meaning of the text. At best they may teach us
something about the creative process, but even then, unless the author
tells us what he or she was thinking, we are speculating.
Jim
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