literary fallacies

affective fallacy

confusing a work's
effect in you for its
uptime, ultimate
downstream intent
or purpose, its qualities
innate OR for the author's
intent

pathetic fallacy

attributing feelings to unfeeling
things

imitative fallacy ("the fallacy of imitative form")

is obvious. 

intentional fallacy ''In literary criticism,
the theory that it is a mistake
to assume that (a) the author
has only one intention; (b)

the author always creates what he
(etc., please) intends to create or
says always and only what he intends;
IMAGINE THAT (c) a literary work

succeeds or fails according to whether
it fulfills or does not fulfill the author's
intention; (d) the author of a work is

the best authority on its meaning
and value.'' (Citation: Times
article, since updated
no doubt). Dictionaries are
not authority. Anyone (1) could write
any number of them. Cf. Tolkien
for thoughts on dwarves
and the OED. Private correspondence

They 

(dictionaries, the very lot of them) are
reportage. Their beat is 
the living language, and 
they are judged (not "to be"
judged) by their readerships, 
if any, on fidelity 

to the living language. The real 
senses of words put in and taken 
out by real writers, readers, talkers 
and hearers. I.e. in experience,
living. That is to say they are
and to be judged on "Truth":

correspondence 
to reality. 

Well, if that ain't a pickle with feet, 
color me blushing and plunk 
my thunk bucket.