The Affective Fallacy

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gptkbp:instanceOf literary criticism concept
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:New_Criticism
gptkbp:coinedBy gptkb:Monroe_C._Beardsley
gptkb:W.K._Wimsatt
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:reader-response_theorists
gptkbp:describes error of evaluating a text based on emotional effects on the reader
gptkbp:firstPublished gptkb:The_Sewanee_Review
1946
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Affective Fallacy
gptkbp:influenced 20th-century literary theory
gptkbp:opposedBy reader-response criticism
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:The_Intentional_Fallacy
gptkbp:requires meaning of a text should be derived from the text itself, not reader's response
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Criticism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5