> I'm amazed how it can be possible not understand that what came up in the author's mind is not the issue at all, and irrelevant. Oh my, then you better not e

> I'm amazed how it can be possible not understand that what came up in the author's mind is not the issue at all, and irrelevant. Oh my, then you better not ever venture into the humanities! At least in musicology they spent the past 3 decades wresting free from the idea that evidence of the author's intentions are the only relevant thing.