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“My father used to say that all protagonists were versions of the author who wrote themeven if it meant the author had to acknowledge a side of himself that he did not know existed. It just required...”
“On the one hand we need the image of "the text" in order to focus on anything at all; on the other hand we use the metaphor of "reading" to signal that our apprehension of a text will always be par...”
“There are good theological reasons to reject making authorial intention the goal of the interpretation of Scripture. First, we must recognize that what has traditionally been considered authoritati...”
“If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.”