http://mentalfloss.com/article/3093...ism-their-work-and-whether-it-was-intentional
"It was 1963, and 16-year-old Bruce McAllister was sick of symbol-hunting in English class. Rather than quarrel with his teacher, he went straight to the source: McAllister mailed a crude, four-question survey to 150 novelists, asking if they intentionally planted symbolism in their work. Seventy-five authors responded. Here’s what 12 of them had to say. (Copies of the survey responses can be found at the Paris Review.)"
Ray Bradury, Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, John Updike, Joseph Heller.. The list goes on.
I guess a few people here might get a kick out of this
"It was 1963, and 16-year-old Bruce McAllister was sick of symbol-hunting in English class. Rather than quarrel with his teacher, he went straight to the source: McAllister mailed a crude, four-question survey to 150 novelists, asking if they intentionally planted symbolism in their work. Seventy-five authors responded. Here’s what 12 of them had to say. (Copies of the survey responses can be found at the Paris Review.)"
Ray Bradury, Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, John Updike, Joseph Heller.. The list goes on.
I guess a few people here might get a kick out of this