Affective Fallacy
An important principle of New
Criticism is the avoidance of what William K. Wimsatt and
Monroe C. Beardsley called the Affective Fallacy -- the
fallacy of confusing a work of literature with its effects on the
reader.
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From the Guide to Literary Terms by Jack Lynch.
Please send comments to jlynch@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
Note: This guide is still in the early stages of development. Bear with me.