Does a(ny) reader's response have to be 'exegetical'?
Ive often felt that what I want is a non exegetical response....
Not only, but....
Doug
On 3-Apr-10, at 12:05 PM, Jeffrey Side wrote:
> I see your point, that you have to interest yourself when you write.
> I agree, but I want the reader to have a unique exegetical
> experience also. I want a poem to produce a simultaneous performance
> of itself in the reader, so that there is overload and surplus of
> potential meanings.
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