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[whew, first review for this book on here. kinda scary. a lot of responsibility. here we go:]
Lamos' main/most interesting theory is that authors express more through the errors in their works than in their intentions. This, I should say, is a very cool idea. Despite the idea's obvious issues (a big one being that it takes any power of communication away from the author and gives it all to the critic--in other words, it's the ultimate critical power play, a declaration of "I own the text and I wi ...more
Lamos' main/most interesting theory is that authors express more through the errors in their works than in their intentions. This, I should say, is a very cool idea. Despite the idea's obvious issues (a big one being that it takes any power of communication away from the author and gives it all to the critic--in other words, it's the ultimate critical power play, a declaration of "I own the text and I wi ...more
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