hermeschris

On the T.S. Eliot email list Dunja and me were getting more and more bothered by the extensive consideration of “the author’s life” when interpreting poetry, e.g. psychologizing the author in order to decrypt the symbolism offered in a piece of art. We wrote the following critical mail together:
You wrote: “why not consider something as [...]

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My sister made a literature section on her wiki. At the moment you can find there a section on Hermann Hesse and on Moliere. I’m sure Dostojevski will soon follow, knowing her list of heroes a bit She also has a nice section of excerpts, where you can find wonderful pieces like [...]

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