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Paul J. Bodin writes:
>I would in any case urgently disagree with your blanket statement that
>"any methodology which denies authorial intent is wrong." There are
>very important methods of literary investigation that do just that,
>and raise valid points. The "intentional fallacy" is a notoriously
>debated point of critical investigation ...
Could you supply an example of a methodology which denies authorial intent
and raises valid points? There is a difference between denying (that is
contradicting) authorial intent, and a methodology which is not dependant
upon authorial intent. I would consider the latter, but I haven't seen a
case made for the former.
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