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Who Said That?

And Why Do We Care?

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<		The two main ways it appears we use an author is 1) to ties works together and 2) to tie facts and authority to an individual work. We say to ourselves that each of these is designed solely to deepen our understanding and appreciation of the work, but they often have their downsides. For this paper, I will focus on point 2, why does it matter that this particular author wrote the piece.
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>		The two main ways it appears we use an author are 1) to tie works together and 2) to tie facts and authority to an individual work. We say to ourselves that each of these is designed solely to deepen our understanding and appreciation of the work, but they often have their downsides. For this paper, I will focus on point 2, why does it matter that this particular author wrote the piece.
 My father told me that he cared because historical fact (or what little of it we know) can add layers and depth to a work. If we know that the author is as geographically limited as Kant, it could add a bit of whimsy or the fantastic to any description of exotic locales. On the other hand, if we know facts about an author that make the story seem more autobiographical, then that adds an element of gravitas to the scene. By tying the story to the metatext of history we achieve much the same affect as when we view an author's corpus as a whole - except this time we have a more "honest" view. The author as an author can dissemble, but a real history can ground the work in truth.

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