Margery Wolf is there for you…
Have you ever needed to argue against a major reception studies theorist? Has he told you that textual analysis is ‘unrewarding’, thus invalidating your study if you want to, as you do, use the rest of his theories to back up your claims? Just whip out a quote or two from Margery Wolf and make it all go away.
I have used A Thrice-Told Tale in more papers than I can count. Call your research a ‘text’, acknowledge its inherent limitations as simply another construct and you’re free to say whatever the hell you want. The best part is, it’s true!
Seriously, I still think it’s the best academic book I’ve ever read.
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