Re: Authors, critics, readers...

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J J R wrote:

> Nah, what I meant (not necessarily what I said "that" time :) ) was that
> we can't read biographical information about the author and come to
> conclusions about what of their life is in their work.  THAT'S why I
> cited C.S. Lewis.  He said everyone who's ever done that was wrong--in
> his case.

Ah, OK... And you´re right... But people tend to do so if they know 
even just a little bit about an author... It´s easier to NOT do so if 
you don´t know anything... 

I´ve read more than once that the soldier in "For Esmé" was JDS himself, 
but eventhough he was a soldier at the time, I´ve never read anybody´s 
definate reasons for believing that...

On a side-note: I´ve been wracking my brain - CS Lewis was the one 
wrote Alice in Wonderland, right???

Abra

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