1. Wimsatt. 1954.The Verbal Icon, 3–18. Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Press. argues that the language of a poem, as embodying public meaning, is the best evidence of an author's intention.
2. Brooks. 1942.The Well‐Wrought Urn, 3–21. New York: Harcourt, Brace. defines poetic language as the language of paradox.
3. 1980.Is There a Text in This Class?, 370Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. henceforth cited within my text as Is There a Text?
4. Re-Covering the Social in Recent Literary Theory