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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (59712)9/24/2002 7:17:12 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
I assert that words are interesting enough. I don't care if you have a wife, or a son, or went to St. John's. I really don't. You are interesting whether or not there is any you there. Your posts are ENOUGH.<.i>

It just occurred to me that this is a basic argument in literary criticism. Is or was. I've never been much into literary criticism, but I seem to remember reading that, simplistically, there are two schools, one which believes you need to understand the life of the author in order to understand the work, and the other that believes the work stands alone as a piece of work and should be criticized on its own merits without any reference to the life or experiences of the author.

Anybody know more about this area than I do?
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