[WikiEN-l] Anti-intellectualism

[WJhonson at aol.com]

As editors we should be aware of the dichotomy between our-own-stating of  
our-own-descriptions and our quoting of descriptions of others already  
published.
 
If Professfor Hausfleish says in "Journal of Jane Austen Studies" that  "Jane 
Austen's portrayal of life in the English countryside is without any  
relevant basis."  that is quite different from *me* paraphrasing my own  
understanding of Jane Austen with the reality of English living.
 
Our own interpretations, while editing, should be as-much-as-possible  
shelved.
We, as expert editors, should know from where to pull those criticisms and  
interpretations, without creating them afresh with our own words vis-a-vis an  
appropos paraphrase of some one else's.
 
Will Johnson
 
 
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