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| View Poll Results: The meaning of The Lord of the Rings is to be found in | |||
| The intention of the author |
   
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6 | 11.11% |
| The experience of the reader |
  
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29 | 53.70% |
| Analysis of the text |
  
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12 | 22.22% |
| I haven't the faintest idea, I just think the book is cool |
  
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7 | 12.96% |
| Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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07-30-2005, 12:59 PM
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Spectre of Capitalism
Join Date: May 2001
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IN any event, the original question of where *readers* find the meaning in LOTR makes moot the question of whether JRRT expected to have readership. Readers are assumed by the form of the question. I just don't want to get sidetracked from this excellent debate.
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