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[mikebailey]

On Sat, 26 May 2007, Mark Kohut wrote:
>
>   Still trying to learn how to read after all these years,
>I was reading I. A. Richards' Prinicples of Literary Criticism--
> another book we know [from ATD allusion] TRP has read.

where, please?

>classic. And in it he writes that so many--most?--motives in fiction
>explained psychologically seem simplistic, don't they? 1927.

Maybe from writing term papers, I'm predictable, but 3
major points leap out in that regard

1) If you're writing a fictionalization of people you know,
or a roman a clef, then the characters' actions spring from real life
and you can baste on whatever motivations you want

2) If you're writing an allegory, then the motivations spring
from the actions natural to the attributes you're personifying

3) If you're an historical novelist,  then they probably take
on a little of both

>I wrote in response to James Wood's NR review.
>   (unpublished, of ourse)

James Woods the actor?
a-and have you considered publishing it here on WASTE?
(apologies if you did and I missed it)