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Originally Posted by pwalker8
But it does keep English professors employed. 
I'm reminded of the famous story of the SF author who sat in the back of a college English lecture about his book and listened to the professor talk about all the symbolism in the book. The author stood up and said "That's not what I meant at all". The Professor replied "What do you know? You are just the author." [I first heard the story with Issac Asimov as the author. I suspect the story is apocryphal, but it sure ought to be true] |
Why does the author get the final say? We can only read and evaluate what ended up on the page, not what the author says he or she intended.