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intentional fallacy: a standalone construct

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intentionalfallacy1 CONSTRUCTIntentional fallacyWIMSATT · LITERARY THEORY

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Literary theory

the error of judging a literary work's meaning or value by the author's design or intention rather than by the work itself.

In literary theory, intentional fallacy refers to the error of judging a literary work's meaning or value by the author's design or intention rather than by the work itself. This meaning comes from Wimsatt (1954) in The verbal icon.[1]

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  1. Wimsatt, W. K. (1954). The verbal icon. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813101118

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