[WikiEN-l] Episode summaries

Phil Sandifer Snowspinner at gmail.com
Tue Oct 17 19:12:01 UTC 2006



On Oct 17, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Earle Martin wrote:

>
> I'd say nuke anything like that from orbit, along with any
> critic-esque writing that claims to describe the hidden allegorical
> meaning of a film, painting, book, music video/song lyrics, etc.,
> without providing a reference from the director, artist, author or
> other creator of the item in question.

Well, good for you.

I'd fail you in any of my English classes for being a slave to  
authorial intent.

(Which is not to say "Hey, you know what we need, more OR" so much as  
"For the love of GOD will people stop assuming they instinctively  
know how/what to cite outside of their field?")

-Phil


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