William K. Wimsatt, The Intentional Fallacy

William K. Wimsatt, The Intentional Fallacy

"Is not a critic," asks Professor Stoll, "... a judge, who does not explore his own consciousness, but determines the author's meaning or intention, as if the poem were a will, a contract, or the constitution?"
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"Is not a critic," asks Professor Stoll, "... a judge, who does not explore his own consciousness, but determines the author's meaning or intention, as if the poem were a will, a contract, or the constitution?"
William K. Wimsatt, The Intentional Fallacy
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