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[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/23/2010 07:33 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>Jon is undoubtedly correct, but I am still stuck with the
>question--what earthly difference would this make in any literary
>analysis of her *novels*?? I mean, there might be some changes to her
>biography that need to be made, but how does this affect the content?
>Just sayn'...

Not necessarily of her novels, but rather of her, and her processes
as an author.  But then there's the school that demands we look at
nothing but the text itself.

Joel

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