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Authorial intent

In literary theory and aesthetics, authorial intent is an author's intent as it is encoded in their work. Authorial intentionalism is the hermeneutical view that an author's intentions should constrain the ways in which a text is properly interpreted. Opponents, who dispute its hermeneutical importance, have labelled this position the intentional fallacy…

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Authorial intent

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Authorial intent

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related to Cambridge School conventionalism · 11
Authorial intent → Austin, Cambridge School, Cambridge School's, Central, Drawing, For, John Searle, One, Quentin Skinner, The Cambridge School, While
related to Reader-response · 11
Authorial intent → According, However, In, It, Michael Smith, New Criticism's, Peter Rabinowitz, Reader-response, Some, The, What
related to In textual criticism · 10
Authorial intent → An, Authorial, Bowers-Tanselle, For, Fredson Bowers, On, Their, These, Thomas Tanselle, When
related to Objections to actual intentionalism · 9
Authorial intent → Anti-intentionalism, In, Intentionalism, Monroe Beardsley, Such, The, The Intentional Fallacy, William, Wimsatt
related to Weak intentionalism · 9
Authorial intent → As, Bevir, History, However, Ideas, Mark Bevir, Meaning, The Logic, Weak
related to New Criticism · 8
Authorial intent → Beardsley, Cleanth Brooks, Eliot, Monroe Beardsley, New Criticism, The, The Intentional Fallacy, Wimsatt
related to Hypothetical intentionalism · 6
Authorial intent → Barrett, Hypothetical, It, Reliance, Terry Barrett, This
related to Post-structuralism · 3
Authorial intent → For, In, Jacques Lacan
is a · 1
Authorial intent → author's intent as it is encoded in their work

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intent authorial text meaning author's work author intentionalism intentions school cambridge interpretation reader would actual intended literary reader-response intention view

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Authorial intentis aauthor's intent as it is encoded in their work0.90text
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these where the author is livinginstance ofuntil rereading.The authorial manuscript presents a factual error.In cases0.80text
they would be questioned by the editor who would then adhere to the intention expressedinstance ofuntil rereading.The authorial manuscript presents a factual error.In cases0.80text
Authorial intentrelated to Cambridge School conventionalismThe Cambridge School0.60section
Authorial intentrelated to Cambridge School conventionalismQuentin Skinner0.60section
Authorial intentrelated to Cambridge School conventionalismCentral0.60section
Authorial intentrelated to Cambridge School conventionalismCambridge School0.60section
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Authorial intentrelated to Cambridge School conventionalismCambridge School's0.60section
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