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In reply to the discussion: Andrea Dworkin NEVER said "all sex is rape" [View all]Maedhros
(10,007 posts)than a casual familiarity with a few excerpts gleaned from a Google search.
For example, I would say I could reasonably speak to the general tenets of H.P. Lovecraft, because I have read pretty much everything he's written. I'm very familiar with his subject matter, themes and style. I could NOT speak reasonably to the general tenets of David Mitchell, because I've only read "Number 9 Dream" and therefore lack enough body of knowledge to meaningfully expound on his personal philosophy. I might say some things about what he thinks about solipsism, but I would lack any authority unless I specifically restricted my analysis to the novel I read and did not try to apply the analysis to Mitchell's greater body of work.
Similarly if you are inferring Dworkin's "general tenets" from very limited sources, your analysis should only be applied to those works which you have read. "General" implies greater scope than would be indicated by the lack of breadth and depth of exposure that you indicate you have had with Dworkin's writing.