"We have the pausible assumption that authors will be affeted by the intellectual currents and social conditions that surround them."
I totally agreed with this quote from Kessey. I would think that the world and times would be influencial to authors or to anyone in general. But then later Kessey talks about how this isn't true at all. He says that the world wouldn't be an influence at all to the author but a "special language" and possibly a great use of imagination. I would think that even if the world isn't influencing the author and his or her works I would think it would still be interesting to know what was going on when that author or poet was going for instance, even though we don't know that much about Homer and if he was influenced by his world, it would be interesting to know what was going on around him before he died.
I think the more we know about the author, the more of a chance we are willing to give them in their work as I said on Jason's blog. History really does play a big role on writing.
Posted by: Erin at February 5, 2007 10:53 AMI picked the same quote! Dude, we rock! To get my sentiments on this passage take a look at my entry. I hope to bring it up in class tonight.
Posted by: Kevin at February 8, 2007 4:52 PM