Re: JCO: Re: Black Water

A discussion I haven't really had since I left the academic world.

When I taught, this question inevitably arose, and I constantly reminded students of TS Eliot's "stock" answer to critics of his work.   Whenever asked if such and such a passage really meant or was intended to suggest or was allegoric or of symbolic significance, etc. etc., Eliot offered a simple answer:  "Yes!"