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Literary greats answer high-school student's survey on "symbolism," 1963
When science fiction writer Bruce McAllister was 16, in 1963, he decided that his English teacher's insistence on seeking out symbolism in literature was a tedious exercise. McAllister, who had just sold his first story, was skeptical of the whole idea of symbolism in literature, so he typed out an ungrammatical, mimeographed questionnaire about symbolism [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/XuoYE7oq170/literary-greats-answer-high-sc.html
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