Some of the more recent methods focus on the author’s world as well as ask their own questions. What can we know about the psychological makeup of the author and how does this knowledge influence our understanding of the author’s text? What were the social conventions and taboos of the author’s world and how can we get at them? How were these social conventions and taboos reflected in rhetorical structures and strategies? These are the questions usually associated with social-scientific, socio-rhetorical,
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