Carrol Cox wrote:

> > As for literature, I'm not convinced it is a medium through which
> > readers know, or should try to know, their authors.
>
> Probably, with qualification, true. But we aren't writing Odes here, are
> we? :-)

No, I didn't say we were. I was opening another area of consideration. Since this
is putatively a group wanting to discuss literature, I thought my statement
pertinent. I'm sorry if I confused you.

Marcia