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William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" can have many different reader-responses, as any story can, however it is the responsibility of reader-response critics, like Robert Crosman, to determine if they are valid and helpful in understanding the story. "How Readers Make Meaning" is a failed attempt by Crosman to show that any reader response, no matter how far fetched, can be helpful in the interpretation of a story.
Reader-response critics claim that there is no one correct response to a story but all responses are correct, as long as the basics of the story are grasped. Reader-response critics do not have a set way to interpret themes of stories like new critics but inste
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