Sentence examples for author's intention from inspiring English sources

That's the author's intention.

One might not go so far as to claim that meaning is author's intention (the so-called intentional fallacy), but it is hard to deny that author's intention is at least relevant to meaning.

This, too, was not the author's intention.

To what extent is the author's intention the real point?

Does the author's intention matter, if the text yields readings he might not have recognised?

Some awareness of the author's intention seems necessary in order to curb unduly fanciful commentary.

Some critics claim the candidate has misinterpreted the song as extolling a vision of the United States that is at odds with the song's author's intentions.

What were the author's intentions when writing this piece?

Even the writing seems to obscure the author's intentions.

In later editions the author's intentions can be obscured by careless errors or misinterpretations.

He added: "I believe that the director is there to realise the author's intentions with the best performers available".