> > Good try, Jim, good try. > > The thing about academics is not the number of books they've > read. It's the nature of their experience outside of these same > books. So are you saying that after an academic has become a professional reader, he or she must go out and become an amateur reader again? This viewpoint is actually subconsciously endorsing the idea that anyone is qualified to offer a valid interpretation of a work. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest