Intended meaning

Inevitable clash of metaphors in all writing shows too well that language may subvert or exceed an author's intended meaning.

Paul de Man saw language as an endless chain of words, which cannot be closed off to a definitive meaning or reference. The literal and figurative meaning of a text is not easily separated, and the realities posited by language are largely those accepted by the dominant ideology as truthful representations of the world.

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