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John Farrell

John Farrell is professor of literature at Claremont McKenna College and the author, most recently, of The Varieties of Authorial Intention: Literary Theory Beyond the Intentional Fallacy.

Articles

Literature Versus Utopia: An Ancient Quarrel
Why do we prefer heroic suffering to utopian contentment?
John FarrellJun 30, 2019
Why Literature Professors Turned Against Authors — Or Did They?
The intentions of authors still matter, no matter what the critics say.
John FarrellJan 13, 2019
- Literary Criticism
Paradoxes of Incarnation: Medieval Allegory Revisited
In defense of allegory.
John FarrellNov 26, 2017
- Literary Criticism
The English Iliad
On three English translations of 'The Iliad'
John FarrellOct 30, 2012
- History
- Poetry