Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov is a controversial text in that it ignited a debate about whether or not authorial intent matters. It's been something I've thought about since I first encountered the book in 2008 as part of my senior capstone. So here are some thoughts on Pale Fire, scholarship, authorial intent, and more!

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov is a controversial text in that it ignited a debate about whether or not authorial intent matters. It's been something I've thought about since I first encountered the book in 2008 as part of my senior capstone. So here are some thoughts on Pale Fire, scholarship, authorial intent, and more!

Pale Fire - does it matter what the author thinks

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Discussing movies, tv shows, books, and albums. Taking requests for what to talk about. The New School Critic movement is focused on steering criticism away from review, away from the binary judgments of "good" or "bad." It focuses on the exploration of meaning, the examination of formal techniques, and what we can gain from the works in question.

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