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Different readers bring different expectations, that's no basis to make any sort of serious argument around.


That is too simple. There is a whole academic discipline that makes such serious arguments -- or rather couple of them like the different kinds of literary studies, philologies and philosophical hermeneutics. Not to speak of all sorts of publications, tv talks and other places where people make serious arguments about based on their different perspectives. Tens of thousands of people make a living from that and a lot more study or follow it.


Tens of thousands of people make a living from debating what authors should expect their readers to already know?




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