7. There are works of art that exhaust themselves on first reading or viewing. That's okay. But richest works are ones we return to
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9. Multiplicity of interpretation exists not only among different critics but within ourselves. Jane Austen changes each time you re-read.
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10. Despite Barthes, Frye, etc. there are a few areas where authorial intent still valid: satire, counterfeiting and criminal law.
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11. It's supremely relevant to recognize, in reading Modest Proposal, that Swift was a satirist rather than a policy wonk.
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12. Equally important, as Hugh Kenner once noted, to know that Andy Warhol was artist, not someone trying to do Campbell Soup knockoffs.
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13. One painter could do exact Van Gogh copy as "post-modern pastiche"; another as a forgery. Intent is important!
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14. If I counterfeit $100 bills, I have perfect argument to make to the cops when arrested. "This is post-modern pastiche of currency"
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15. In sum, authorial intent very valid in some areas, but not final answer when dealing with most works of art. Enough lit crit for now!
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@jennirach It works for that too.
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