Thread: Authors and Symbolism
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Old 08-12-2017, 07:00 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
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]
Brings back memories of the Isaac Asimov short story (The Immortal Bard??) in which a college professor flunked William Shakespeare.
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