Review

Reviewed Work(s): Literary Intention, Literary Interpretation, and Readers by John

Maynard
Review by: Jeremy Tambling
Source: The Modern Language Review, Vol. 106, No. 1 (January 2011), pp. 219-220
Published by: Modern Humanities Research Association
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5699/modelangrevi.106.1.0219
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