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... interpretation based on this knowledge . The academy disregards our interpretation on the grounds , usu- ally not clearly articulated , that it fails to agree with the accepted interpreta- tion of the work at hand . After all , with ...
... interpretation based on this knowledge . The academy disregards our interpretation on the grounds , usu- ally not clearly articulated , that it fails to agree with the accepted interpreta- tion of the work at hand . After all , with ...
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... interpretation ” with another . I want to look for those intersections where competing interpretations expose the literary text's power to evoke widespread , often conflicting and some- times diametrically opposed political ...
... interpretation ” with another . I want to look for those intersections where competing interpretations expose the literary text's power to evoke widespread , often conflicting and some- times diametrically opposed political ...
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... interpret the gay text as a reflection of our own experience . When we read the " mainstream " writer , we impose a construct on our interpretation that enables us to " read through a straight man's eyes . " The more successfully we let ...
... interpret the gay text as a reflection of our own experience . When we read the " mainstream " writer , we impose a construct on our interpretation that enables us to " read through a straight man's eyes . " The more successfully we let ...
Contents
Overview | 1 |
Seizing the Erotic | 23 |
The Sexual Predator | 47 |
Copyright | |
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